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The Latest Breaking News from Taylor Auerbach

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

Crikey brings you the story behind the story.

Crikey

News Corp editors try to impress as Rebekah Brooks and Lachlan Murdoch land in Sydney

The editor-in-chief of the Australian rolls out questionable readership figures and plugs for its new true crime podcast. Plus: Seven news boss rallies the troops

The Guardian - AU

Walkley awards ban chequebook journalism after controversy over Seven’s Bruce Lehrmann interview

Spotlight’s scoop of the year nomination was revoked after court heard it paid former Liberal staffer’s rent to secure interview

The Guardian - AU

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Bruce Lehrmann granted extension to consider appeal of defamation ruling in Network Ten case

Justice Michael Lee labels Ten lawyer’s comments outside court following judgment ‘discourteous’ and ‘misleading’

The Guardian - AU

SBS ‘unhinged’, PVO’s new gig, and turmoil at Seven

This week’s Briefs brings you the mood at the national multicultural broadcaster, while Seven faces the music and van Onselen finds a plum new job.

Crikey

Spotlight executive producer Mark Llewellyn leaves Seven

Llewellyn confirmed his resignation which comes after Lehrmann defamation trial heard about tactics allegedly used to secure interview, claims he and the network deny

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, judge finds on balance of probabilities

‘Ms Higgins was raped. Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins.’

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Lehrmann v Wilkinson resolves today

The result of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten will be heard today, a police source says Bondi Junction killer was ‘targeting women’, and Jim Chalmers’ new asset write-off scheme.

Crikey

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

Brittany Higgins questions whether she was drugged on night of alleged rape in new court submission

Higgins says any question about her evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case should take into account her trauma and the possibility she may have been drugged

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins defends 'unwavering' account of rape

Lawyers for Brittany Higgins have argued changes to her account of being raped could have been caused by trauma and cannot be used to attack her credibility.

AAP

Which media companies have been caught up in the Bruce Lehrmann saga?

It’s increasingly difficult to keep track of just how many media companies have been sucked into the ‘radioactive snowball’ that is the Lehrmann circus.

Crikey

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

Who is Mark Llewellyn, the veteran journo and mysterious ‘bald head’ in the Bruce Lehrmann saga?

Seven Network’s leadership has been under intense scrutiny over the course of the Lehrmann defamation case. Today Crikey goes deep on Spotlight executive producer Mark Llewellyn.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: $10m fines mooted for supermarkets; Israel withdraws from southern Gaza; fears over rooming house boom

Supermarkets report recommends mandatory code apply to all chains with annual revenues of more than $5bn, which includes Coles, Woolworths and Aldi

The Guardian - AU

‘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

AAP

Lehrmann defamation decision possibly within the week

Allegations Bruce Lehrmann leaked confidential text messages to the media and was reimbursed for drugs and sex workers, could help decide his defamation claim.

The Canberra Times

'She's lying': texts reveal Seven producer's commentary on Lehrmann rape trial

New documents shine light on defamation case's surprise star witness.

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The Guardian - AU

Sex, drugs and a perverse universe: the ‘sordid’ defamation trial gripping Australia

Federal court defamation trial involving rival television networks has attracted tens of thousands of viewers as it hears allegations of drug use and payment for sex workers

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

Afternoon Update: Lehrmann case judge labels evidence ‘sordid’; threat of floods in eastern NSW; and le crookie lands in Australia

Federal court hears further evidence from former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach

The Guardian - AU

With all the excitement of the Auerbach hearing, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on

The implied Harman undertaking is on everybody’s lips. What does it mean for Lehrmann’s defamation action against Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten?

The Guardian - AU

Chequebook journalism is nothing new, but allegations in court about Spotlight’s practices have left insiders ‘gobsmacked’

Claims in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case raise questions of media ethics. Plus: the IPA goes to war with fact-checkers

Crikey

Auerbach gives explosive evidence amid colourful day in court

The testimony of the former Seven staffer tasked with securing an interview with Bruce Lehrmann elicited audible gasps in the court.

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