Defamation
Ten’s fresh fight with Bruce Lehrmann
Network Ten wants Bruce Lehrmann to pay $200,000 in security to continue his defamation appeal, in a move that could result in the proceedings being axed.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Latest
Lisa Wilkinson returns fire in Lehrmann defamation appeal
The high-profile presenter has responded to Bruce Lehrmann’s bid to overturn his devastating defamation defeat.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Lehrmann defamation case judge to headline women’s media conference
Justice Michael Lee and Ita Buttrose are set to share the stage for an upcoming event.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Former PM prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds, Higgins row
Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses to enter the witness box for the WA senator’s high-stakes defamation trial against her former staffer.
- by Jesinta Burton
Robert Irwin asks Pauline Hanson to please explain ‘defamatory’ cartoon
Lawyers representing Irwin sent a cease and desist letter to producers of a One Nation cartoon, alleging it was defamatory and deceptively used Irwin’s image.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Bruce Lehrmann and the Toowoomba rape case that puts him back in court
“Can you call urgently??? Lehrmann has been charged with rape in Qld.” As rival TV networks battled over the Brittany Higgins story, another case was building.
- by Cloe Read and Sean Parnell
Investigation
Web culture
‘I have to live with it’: The people trying to hide from Google
Australians are paying big money to online reputation management experts to manipulate search engines and remove content – but with mixed success.
- by Andrew Hornery
‘Real Martha’ sues Netflix over Baby Reindeer portrayal, seeks $255m
Scottish woman Fiona Harvey says the character of Martha in “Baby Reindeer” is based on her and has destroyed her life.
- by Nell Geraets
Nine misrepresented Al Muderis’ practice, his lawyer says
Sue Chrysanthou, SC, says renowned orthopaedic surgeon Munjed Al Muderis has been upfront about the “shocking complications” that can be caused by his surgery.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Surgeon Al Muderis was presented as ‘some sort of Dr Frankenstein’, his lawyer says
Sue Chrysanthou, SC, told a Federal Court defamation hearing that angry former patients were not “accurate historians” of their experience.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Al Muderis not a reliable witness, incapable of admitting errors, says Nine
The media company says its reporting revealed the other side of the orthopaedic surgeon’s “carefully curated reputation″.
- by Madeleine Heffernan