Hanson drops case against ABC, forced to pay broadcaster's legal costs
Pauline Hanson will be forced to pay legal costs after abandoning her court bid to stop the ABC airing further secret recordings of party meetings.
Michaela Whitbourn is a former corporate lawyer who has reported extensively across politics, finance, business and law. In 2011, she was appointed the NSW political reporter for The Australian Financial Review and provided in-depth coverage of historic corruption inquiries into former state Labor ministers. She also exposed attempts by the O'Farrell government to mislead voters about the effect of the carbon tax on transport costs. In October 2013, she joined The Sydney Morning Herald as legal affairs and investigations reporter.
Pauline Hanson will be forced to pay legal costs after abandoning her court bid to stop the ABC airing further secret recordings of party meetings.
One Nation wins temporary injunction to stop broadcast of secret recordings of party meetings.
Senior Tax Office officials have revealed they sought legal advice after hearing "bureaucratic whispers" George Brandis would attempt to shut the ATO out of the Bell Group litigation.
In his first post-retirement role, former High Court chief justice Robert French will tackle one of the legal system's most intractable problems.
The Turnbull government has been urged to strengthen Australian Federal Police policy to prevent citizens being exposed to the death penalty overseas, as Australia marks 50 years since the last execution in the country.
When scandal erupts in Canberra, the major parties stop short of suggesting any real changes to the way MPs are held to account.
The nation's top judge has questioned whether "thoughtful and courteous" political debate can exist in the age of social media.
Attorney-General George Brandis has been accused of throwing former Treasurer Joe Hockey "under a bus" after he distanced himself from the political fallout over an alleged secret deal with the Western Australian government.
If he did what has been alleged, he ought to go.
Attorney-General George Brandis is facing fresh calls to resign amid explosive claims he directed the government's chief legal adviser not to raise an argument in the High Court that would have scuttled a secret political deal.
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