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7/6/18: Lewis McLeod at the Barangaroo business district in Sydney. Lewis was falsely accused of a sex crime, never convicted in a court but still suffered enormously because of the way the university handled the situation. John Feder/The Australian.

Fight for justice

Former Sydney Grammar vice-captain Lewis McLeod was within touching distance of graduating with top honours at prestigious Duke University in the US, and had lined up a job at a Wall Street investment bank. But his life, career and ambitions were almost shattered by an unsubstantiated sexual misconduct claim in the US.

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Greg Sherdan slams Syd Uni professor.

‘Dishonest and wholly untrue’

The ABC has retracted a mass-murder slur in an article in which a University of Sydney academic compares The Australian’s Greg Sheridan and Chris Kenny to Norwegian killer Anders Breivik. Greg Sheridan hits back, calling the charge dishonest and wholly untrue.

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‘We’re not anti-West’

ANU’s vice chancellor says ‘unprecedented’ Ramsay Centre demands forced the rejection of a Western civilisation course, while according to Henry Ergas a contemptibly weak university management has caved in and we are all the poorer for it.

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‘Where are you digging?’

Don’t miss Episode 4 of The Teacher’s Pet podcast, released today, in which a surprise new witness speaks publicly for the first time about something he was told in 1987, indicating the possible whereabouts of Lyn Dawson’s body.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 28: Mitchell Starc looks on during an Australian ODI training session at Allan Border Field on May 28, 2018 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Starc breaks silence

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has broken his silence on the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal, criticising the press conference held by Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft after the use of sandpaper on the ball was exposed. Josh Hazlewood also spoke about the incident on Fox Sports program The Back Page earlier in the week and denied any knowledge of the ball-tampering plan or that he or any other bowlers were involved.

“We pretty much get it at the top of our mark one second before we start running in.”

Josh Hazlewood

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters page cartoon for 08-06-2018Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.