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Bruce Lehrmann was committed to stand trial last year.

Lehrmann’s lawyers claim hard drive destroyed in rape investigation

The former Liberal staffer’s lawyers told a Queensland court they wanted access to the police hard drive for an independent interrogation of its contents.

  • Cloe Read

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The ACT Integrity Commission has found Walter Sofronoff KC to be corrupt by giving confidential material to the media during an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution.

‘Transparent’ Lehrmann inquiry head corrupt, court told

A former judge who gave confidential material from an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution to the media claiming to be “transparent” was in fact corrupt, a court has been told.

  • Miklos Bolza
My alternative person of the year is Gisele Pelicot, centre, but my object of the year is the camera her husband used to record her many rapes, allowing her ultimately to bring him and 50 other men to justice; the other objects, clockwise from bottom left, are: Donald Trump’s ear bandage; Raygun’s Olympic uniform; the planter box that took down Barnaby Joyce; police officer Amy Scott’s courage award; Bruce Lehrmann’s metaphorical hat; and the bullet casings left behind by alleged killer Luigi Mangione.

The objects of 2024 and the people they made – or brought down

We know the supposed Person of the Year, but let’s look at the objects of 2024 – from the planter box that brought down Barnaby Joyce to the video camera that brought 51 men to justice.

  • Julia Baird
“Father of the House” Bob Katter has a keen interest in China.

Bob Katter faces his own China crisis

The maverick North Queensland MP admitted to a “bad mistake” on China when CBD came calling.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Bruce Lehrmann, left, with John Macgowan, arriving at court in 2022.

National Anti-Corruption Commission raided home of Bruce Lehrmann

Search warrants seen by this masthead show officers were authorised under the Crimes Act to search for “documents concerning any submarine deal”.

  • Olivia Ireland
David Sharaz, Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds.

Higgins ‘steadfast in truth’ after Reynolds alleges plan to damage her career

The former defence industry minister is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation over July 2023 social media posts.

  • Angus Thompson
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Ita Buttrose and Justice Michael Lee.

Lehrmann defamation case judge to headline women’s media conference

Justice Michael Lee is neither a woman nor in media. But we’re looking forward to his customary wit and wisdom when he takes the stage with Ita Buttrose.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Gaenor Meakes outside the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Thursday, and Bruce Lehrmann in a file photo.

The Lady Vanishes: Is Bruce Lehrmann’s former landlord an aristocrat?

The woman accusing Lehrmann of property damage has been described as “Lady Gaenor Meakes”. But how did she get the title?

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Brittany Higgins leaves the Federal Court last year.

Want MPs to support abuse victims? Maybe don’t threaten them with jail time

If we want to make the silence of Parliament House bystanders a prosecutable offence, we must also ask: who are we at risk of silencing in the process?

  • Madison Griffiths
Inquiry chair Walter Sofronoff will be investigated by the ACT corruption watchdog.

Corruption watchdog investigates Lehrmann inquiry head

The conduct of former judge Walter Sofronoff, who presided over an inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann, will be investigated by the ACT’s corruption watchdog.

  • Andrew Brown

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