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The Latest Breaking News from John Macgowan

Nine text messages that reveal how the Bruce Lehrmann saga unfolded in the media

Crikey brings you the story behind the story.

Crikey

Bruce Lehrmann’s property raided by National Anti-Corruption Commission and police

Lawyer for former Coalition staffer confirms searches occurred, but says he denies any wrongdoing

The Guardian - AU

Who is John Macgowan?

The former Liberal Party staffer flanked Bruce Lehrmann in the early days of his trial. But that wasn’t the first time his named appeared in print.

Crikey

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‘I’ve got the yarn’: Taylor Auerbach cautioned over spending as he courted Bruce Lehrmann, texts reveal

Fellow Spotlight producer told Auerbach he found it ‘bizarre’ he was taking Lehrmann to dinner every night

The Guardian - AU

‘Sordid’ evidence, a ‘perverse universe’: five key takeaways from the final day of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial

Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach concludes evidence on Friday after the trial was dramatically reopened this week

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann discussed $200,000 payment for controversial Spotlight interview, defamation trial told

Justice Michael Lee adjourned the court after former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach spent two days on the stand

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann told employer ‘false allegations’ had not hurt his ability to lobby effectively, documents show

List of ‘friendly’ journalists and other media personalities Lehrmann was ‘outraged’ at also among evidence submitted to the court

The Guardian - AU

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‘Dom and dumber’: a wrap of the weirdest NSW election media coverage

In the absence of stirring rhetoric, big personalities or much in the way of a clash of ideas, the NSW election has at least provided us with plenty of weird media coverage.

Crikey

‘War crime — murder’

SAS veteran Oliver Schulz is the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law, and the Albanese government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund could be blocked in the Senate.

Crikey

A who’s who in the Lehrmann text messages

Those behind Lehrmann’s text messages include a former prime minister’s nephew and a colourful Liberal Party ‘dirt unit’ strategist.

Crikey

Bruce Lehrmann asked friends ‘got any gear’ on day rape allegations reported, messages tendered in court reveal

Federal court releases WhatsApp and text messages sent the day that News Corp and Network Ten first reported Brittany Higgins’s rape allegations

The Guardian - AU

Antisocial media: ABC goes on warpath over coverage of Lisa Millar’s misogynist trolls

Broadcaster’s new policy to call out online abuse of journalists gets a workout courtesy of the Daily Mail and news.com.au. And did a chatbot write your news?

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