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Media executive’s exit comes as broadcaster faces a number of controversiesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJames Warburton, the chief executive and managing director of Seven West Media, left the company on Thursday, amid a tumultuous period for the broadcaster.The prominent media executive was due to step down before the end of the financial year, according to executive...

Former host of The Project hails verdict as Network Ten solicitor calls decision ‘unmitigated disaster’ for LehrmannGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLisa Wilkinson has said she hopes women will find strength in a judge’s finding that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins on the balance of probabilities.“Today the federal court has found that I published a true story...

This blog is now closed.Full report: Bruce Lehrmann ‘hellbent on having sex’ with Brittany Higgins and raped her in Parliament House, defamation judge findsA ‘hapless’ Bumble date, Qing dynasty ceramics and the Algonquin round table: the best lines from the Bruce Lehrmann verdictBruce Lehrmann and Lisa Wilkinson have both arrived into courtroom one on the 21st level of the federal court building in central...

Justice Michael Lee adjourned the court after former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach spent two days on the standGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann discussed payment of about $200,000 for his participation in an exclusive interview with Seven’s Spotlight program and was reimbursed by the network for money spent on cocaine and sex workers, which were...

Justice Michael Lee will hear an urgent application from Network Ten at 5pm on TuesdayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNetwork Ten will ask the federal court to reopen its defence on Tuesday at an emergency hearing scheduled less than two days before the judgement in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case is due to be handed down.Justice Michael...

Sydney Afternoons’ host told listeners he will need surgery to remove his entire oesophagus and is taking several months offFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBroadcaster and saxophonist James Valentine has revealed live on ABC radio that he has oesophageal cancer and is taking several months off to undergo surgery.The...

Move comes as pressure mounts on broadcaster’s management with union members passing vote of no confidence in managing director David AndersonGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC has claimed it did not sack the journalist Antoinette Lattouf from her casual radio role, paving the way to attempt to have her termination case thrown out.It comes as pressure...

Judge concludes case and reserves his decision after more than four weeks of evidenceBruce Lehrmann’s lawyers have argued on the final day of his high-profile defamation trial that Brittany Higgins told “complete falsehoods” and her allegations were part of a “political hit job” fuelled by her partner.Justice Michael Lee on Friday concluded the case and reserved his decision after more than four weeks of...

This blog is now closed.Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJustice Lee describes some of Lehrmann barrister’s suggestions about Higgins’ behaviour as ‘simplistic’Justice Lee has said it is simplistic to suggest a young woman could not have been sexually assaulted because she carried on in a professional manner. Continue reading...