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Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer
The investigative reporter pulls back the curtain on crime, the media and policing in her compelling first novel, Pheasants Nest.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Attorney-General must approve journalist prosecutions under major secrecy overhaul
Journalists will not be prosecuted for breaching certain secrecy laws without the intervention of the Attorney-General, as part of a legal overhaul that will see criminal liability stripped from almost a fifth of Commonwealth of secrecy offences.
- by Angus Thompson
Pharmacy Guild promotes Advance Australia founder to CEO
Gerard Benedet, who ran conservative activist group Advance, will step up as the all-powerful Pharmacy Guild’s chief executive.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
2021: Christian Porter discontinues defamation action against ABC
Christian Porter discontinues defamation action against the ABC and investigative journalist Louise Milligan.
Former ministers can bill taxpayers to challenge robo-debt findings
Senior Liberal figures who gave evidence before the royal commission will be provided funding to challenge any findings handed down against them on Friday.
- by Angus Thompson
Christian Porter to represent Russian oligarch with close Putin ties
Government sources said they would not criticise Porter because he would have been obliged to take up the case under the so-called “cab rank” rule for barristers.
- by Matthew Knott
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Christian Porter marries his Byron bae
The former attorney-general, who quit politics at the last election, quietly tied the knot with his criminal lawyer partner Karen Espiner in Byron Bay recently.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
‘Very frustrated’: Porter said he was sceptical about robo-debt talking points
Former Coalition social services minister Christian Porter says he became increasingly frustrated with the lack of clarity from bureaucrats.
- by Angus Thompson
Alan Tudge, Christian Porter and Rachelle Miller to front robo-debt inquiry
Liberal frontbencher Alan Tudge, his former staff member Rachelle Miller and former minister Christian Porter will all appear before the robo-debt royal commission.
- by Angus Thompson
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The very private life of our newest High Court judge Jayne Jagot
Jayne Jagot is so protective of her privacy, a fellow judge joked about her being in witness protection.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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