Your noon Briefing: Pell in court: ‘No explanation for serious offences’
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories and some armchair travel to inspire.
Hello readers. Prosecutors tell a court George Pell should be jailed immediately while his lawyers are confident the verdict was unsafe or unreasonable as grounds for appeal.
‘Not your typical paedophile’
Prosecutor Mark Gibson tells the Victoria County Court that George Pell should be jailed immediately over his offending, while Pell’s lawyers will attempt to convince the Court of Appeal that the jury’s verdict was unsafe or unreasonable. Criminal appeals expert Professor Jeremy Gans said the prosecution case relied on one man’s word that a newly appointed archbishop abused two boys who he had not groomed: “Not your typical paedophile.” Graham Richardson weighs in, noting that parents are scared to leave their kids along with a clergyman, given the profusion of paedophile priests.
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Travel: Take a bow
The orchestra is playing, Twinings blends are being poured with suitable ceremony, ladies are clutching single red roses, and silver stands of scones and sandwiches and little pastries are doing the rounds. Couples are up and dancing, some dressed to the nines, others in holiday clothing, and one chap in tight shorts and sneakers. Here we have one of the last bastions of Britishness but with an Australian twist. Join Susan Kurosawa as the Queen Elizabeth goes cruising Down Under.
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‘I quit’
Emma Thompson has publicly revealed why she quit her latest film, refusing to work with a film executive accused of sexual misconduct.
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Backdown denied
The contentious phrase “social licence to operate” is missing from an updated ASX guide to Australian corporate behaviour.
China’s great wall of silence
China deliberately concealed information about the coronavirus, and now it is fighting an inquiry. So what is Beijing hiding?
Your noon Briefing
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.