Ellie Dudley

Ellie DudleyLegal Affairs Correspondent

Ellie Dudley is the legal affairs correspondent at The Australian covering courts, crime, and changes to the legal industry. She was previously a reporter on the NSW desk and, before that, one of the newspaper’s cadets.

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courtsNation

Tim Rowland has been acquitted after successfully proving he was asleep at the time of an alleged sexual assault.

Burlesque boss not guilty in ‘sexsomnia’ case

Tim Rowland, who was accused of raping a woman in his Sydney apartment, has been acquitted after arguing he was asleep at the time of the alleged assault.

Ellie Dudley

ExclusiveSport

Grafton hockey legend Brent Livermore after being inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions at the NSW Sports Awards on Monday night. Photo contributed by Greg Campbell.

Olympians demand authorities reinstate sacked hockey director

Eighteen elite Australian hockey players have demanded former Kookaburras captain Brent Livermore be reinstated after being sacked from Hockey NSW.

Ellie Dudley

‘GENOCIDE’Nation

Protesters at a 2019 'Invasion Day' rally in Melbourne, left, and at the same location this year, right.

Numbers drop off at ‘Invasion Day’ rallies

Annual events protesting against Australia Day have had a noticeable drop in attendance, with rallies being infiltrated by alleged neo-Nazis.

Ellie Dudley and Mohammad Alfares

Australia DayPolitics

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will only stand in front of the Australian flag if he becomes Prime Minister. Photo: Peter Dutton Facebook.

Dutton’s rallying cry: unite under one flag

The Opposition Leader said “we shouldn’t be afraid of celebrating” Australia Day, as he welcomed the thousands of people becoming new citizens on the national holiday.

Noah Yim, Mohammad Alfares and Ellie Dudley

ExclusiveNation

Brent Livermore in action for the Kookaburras against New Zealand at Buderim.

Put through the wringer, hockey champ hits back

Ex-Kookaburras captain Brent Livermore wants more than $300,000 from Hockey NSW over claims he was sacked after two misconduct complaints, including use of a company washing machine.

Ellie Dudley

ELECTION 2025Politics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 20 2025; The Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton seen with Rabbi Levi Wolfe at the Central Synagogue in Bondi Junction, Sydney. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Dutton pledges mandatory sentences for terror

Peter Dutton has pledged to impose minimum mandatory sentences for terror offences and displaying Nazi or terrorist symbols.

Rhiannon Down and Ellie Dudley

‘courage is contagious’Media

Airlie Walsh photos. Picture: airliewalsh/Instagram

Nine journalist settles sex discrimination case

Sydney television reporter Airlie Walsh has reached a confidential settlement in a complaint launched against Nine, saying she is ‘relieved’ the legal process has concluded.

Ellie Dudley

EXCLUSIVENation

Anti-Semitism crisis ‘will end in murder’

Holocaust survivor and business icon Sir Frank Lowy has implored the nation’s leaders to tackle anti-Semitic hatred, as a Jewish leader apparently targeted in a firebombing issues a warning.

Jacquelin Magnay, Alexi Demetriadi and Ellie Dudley

‘HORRIFIC’Nation

17-01-2024 - An anti-Semitic attack in Dover Heights overnight.

Inferno of hate has Jewish residents living in fear

When a loud bang woke Dover Heights residents in the early hours of Friday morning, many assumed it was a car accident. But those who left their beds to investigate the noise saw it was something much more sinister.

Ellie Dudley and Liam Mendes

‘HORRIFYING’Nation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 17 , 2025: NSW Premier Chris Minns speaks at the press conference. NSW Premier Chris Minns, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb, Police Minister Yasmin Catley, Deputy Commisssioner Peter McKenna and NSW President of the Jewish Board of Deputies David Ossip speak at a press conference after an anti-semitic act of malicious damage in Dover Heights, where a car was burned and a house sprayed with red paint. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

‘Animals’: Premier blasts ‘barbaric’ anti-Semitic attack

The NSW Premier condemned ‘animals’ behind a ‘barbaric’ anti-Semitic attack as he announced hate-speech law reform to target people ‘promoting hatred’ of Jews.

Alexi Demetriadi, Liam Mendes and Ellie Dudley

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