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Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins saga: the night that spawned more than a dozen legal cases

Lehrmann has lost his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Here are all the other connected cases

The Guardian - AU

'Big swinging d--ks', Wolf of Wall Street party and Barr staffers

Excerpts from Brittany Higgins' unpublished book revealed in court.

The Canberra Times

Ex-Seven producer’s $10k massages claim

Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach reportedly told his then boss that $10,315 spent on massages on the company card ‘had nothing to do with work’. Plus Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz are likely heading to trial in July.

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Higgins, Sharaz 'planned' political attack, court told

Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation claims against her ex-staffer Brittany Higgins and now-fiance David Sharaz have edged closer to going to trial in Perth.

AAP

A rape allegation and a media storm: a timeline of how the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case unfolded

Here’s what has happened so far in the former Liberal staffer’s case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson

The Guardian - AU

Higgins and Reynolds defamation court case continues

After a marathon mediation session, Liberal senator Linda Reynolds says her defamation case against Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz is ongoing.

AAP

Lehrmann trial may hit Reynolds-Higgins defamation case

Mediation talks between Senator Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins could be derailed by credibility issues raised at Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial.

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Higgins feared being 'passenger' in rape story: fiance

Brittany Higgins' consent was taken away in an alleged Parliament House rape and she needed to feel like she was back in control, her fiance told a journalist.

AAP

Reynolds and Higgins defamation case returns to court

Lawyers for Senator Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and her partner have appeared in court to sort out key dates in preparation for a joint defamation trial.

AAP

'One pull of the trigger': Higgins' fiance to Wilkinson

Brittany Higgins' partner David Sharaz discussed going after the "Liberal Party machine" in an initial email sent to Lisa Wilkinson about breaking the story.

AAP

Lisa Wilkinson tells court she was ‘largely out of the picture’ in lead up to Brittany Higgins broadcast

Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial also hears Wilkinson wasn’t aware of details of producer’s call with prime minister’s office

The Guardian - AU

Lisa Wilkinson motivated to tell Brittany Higgins story to be ‘champion for women who are being suppressed’, court documents show

Transcript of a five-hour conversation Higgins and David Sharaz had with Wilkinson and The Project producer Angus Llewellyn in 2021 released during defamation trial

The Guardian - AU

This isn’t America — covert recordings are admissible in Australian courts. Here’s why

Despite what ‘Law & Order’ may have taught us, the judge in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case has much to consider regarding secretly recorded conversations related to the trial.

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Network Ten producer tells Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial he ‘did not have proof’ of some claims in ‘explosive’ Brittany Higgins story

Released text messages show Lisa Wilkinson believed The Project had a political story of an ‘extraordinary cover-up’

The Guardian - AU

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Liberal senator sues ex-ACT prosecutor Shane Drumgold

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds has launched defamation action against the ACT government and former chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold over a letter.

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins wore dress she was allegedly raped in to Liberal function weeks later to ‘reclaim it’, court hears

Former Liberal staffer tells federal court defamation trial she initially thought she could ‘disassociate’ from the alleged rape

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins takes stand in Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial as lawyer warns her evidence will be ‘graphic and distressing’

Court also told Seven Network paid Lehrmann’s rent for 12 months to compensate him for two interviews with the Spotlight program

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COVID cuts Australians’ life expectancy

The COVID pandemic has cut life expectancy for Australians but we are still second in the world for males, and sixth for the females.

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Date set for Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins mediation

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds and former political staffer Brittany Higgins and her partner will meet face-to-face for mediation over their defamation cases.

Crikey

Who’s suing who? The storm around Bruce Lehrmann explained

Bruce Lehrmann has been revealed as the ‘high-profile man’ charged with an alleged rape in Toowoomba, QLD, in 2021, adding to the complex web of legal cases surrounding him.

AAP

Court to discuss merging Reynolds' two defamation cases

Brittany Higgins may face repeated cross-examination in court, depending how the defamation cases taken by her former boss Senator Linda Reynolds proceed.

The Guardian - AU

The Higgins-Lehrmann case has become a lawyers’ feast. Can we expect more litigation?

Each new development sparks more legal action, and we may not have seen the last of it

AAP

Liberal senator makes legal threat to Brittany Higgins

Brittany Higgins says she is considering her legal options after a defamation threat from Senator Linda Reynolds, who is already suing Ms Higgins' partner.

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition’s women problem is writ large in a here-we-go-again moment that returns parliament to its darkest days

Talking up the grossness of politics is a losing strategy, and one that has already backfired for the opposition

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Liberals come a cropper when they try to dig afresh into the Brittany Higgins story

Two women ended up in tears in the Senate this week, as the Higgins imbroglio exploded yet again and in the process claimed a scalp.

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