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The Latest Breaking News from Bruce Lehrmann

Head of inquiry into Lehrmann prosecution released report to media without authorisation

Walter Sofronoff KC provided copies under embargo to ABC and the Australian, but ACT spokesperson said release ‘affected the inquiry process’

The Guardian - AU

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The ACT’s top prosecutor says he could not respond to the findings as he had not yet seen the report

The Guardian - AU

Shane Drumgold did not see Sofronoff inquiry findings before media leak

Australian Federal Police Association is also calling for immediate release of report, saying there is no point in ‘hiding or sugarcoating’ findings

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Linda Reynolds sues Brittany Higgins for defamation over social media posts

Liberal senator issues a writ against former staffer in Western Australian supreme court

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'Haven't seen it': Drumgold in the dark on damning report

'I am not in a position to respond,' he said in a text to The Canberra Times.

The Canberra Times

'No sugar coating it': Police call for report's immediate release

Report finds ACT police acted with professionalism 'from day one'.

The Canberra Times

ACT inquiry finds decision to prosecute Bruce Lehrmann was justified but DPP failed in key areas

The report, which the ACT government has not yet released publicly, found Shane Drumgold breached his duties on multiple occasions

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Big questions need answering from the Sofronoff inquiry

After Drumgold's spectacular own-goal, our government has serious questions to answer.

The Canberra Times

'Dark chapter': Lehrmann reacts to 'alarming' inquiry findings

He has described the contents of a leaked report as 'overwhelming'.

The Canberra Times

Inquiry savages Shane Drumgold

ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold is reportedly accused by the Sofronoff inquiry of having ‘knowingly lied’ during the Bruce Lehrmann rape case, and the Finance Department spent $32,000 on an external consultant to get advice on external consultants.

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Drumgold knowingly lied to court, 'preyed on' junior lawyer: inquiry

The inquiry's chairman was reportedly 'disturbed' by the DPP's actions.

The Canberra Times

Lehrmann threatens to sue ACT’s DPP

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will sue for compensation if a report finds ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold acted with ‘malice’, and social anthropologist Peter Sutton says he was ‘set up’ in an ABC doco on Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu.

Crikey

Brittany Higgins says continued leaking of her texts are a ‘public violation’ and ‘humiliation’

Private messages from former staffer’s phone have been published by at least three media outlets since last December, lawyers for Higgins claim

The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann report to go through 'cabinet process' before release

Andrew Barr intends to table it in the Legislative Assembly in late August.

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Drumgold accused of 'infecting' money laundering conspiracy case

Lawyer Ben Aulich allegedly plotted to launder 'a wardrobe full of f---ing cash'.

The Canberra Times

Reynolds' law change calls have 'victim blaming component': Attorney-General

Shane Rattenbury does not want ACT to 'constrain' victims.

AAP

Higgins calls out former boss for 'silencing victims'

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has accused ex-minister Linda Reynolds of seeking to silence victims of sexual assault.

The Canberra Times

Acting DPP defends relationship with police in fallout from Lehrmann trial inquiry

He said media coverage of issues was 'grossly exaggerated'.

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The Guardian - AU

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China and US meet to begin climate talks in Beijing to address a ‘challenge to all of humanity’

The Guardian - AU

Raw footage from Bruce Lehrmann’s Channel Seven interview subpoenaed in defamation case

Lawyers for Network Ten are examining footage from Spotlight interview as they prepare to defend themselves against Lehrmann’s defamation case

The Canberra Times

'Does not exist': Contentious CCTV from night of alleged Higgins rape 'overridden'

Certain security video from Parliament House was 'not quarantined in any way'.

AAP

Lawyers review footage after Lehrmann broadcast

A broadcast featuring an interview with Bruce Lehrmann denying he raped a colleague in parliament house is being reviewed as he sues media for defamation.

The Guardian - AU

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Government funding since the landmark Gonski education review has gone to the schools ‘least in need’; Carlos Alcaraz wins the Wimbledon title

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Afternoon Update: robodebt report recommends prosecutions; another Sydney shooting; and Amazon deforestation drops 34%

Royal commission particularly scathing of Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert and the top public servant in charge of the scheme

The Guardian - AU

Government no longer holds CCTV footage from night of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape, court told

Federal government tells court it cannot supply footage for use in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation proceedings. Lehrmann has consistently denied the rape allegation

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