Bruce Lehrmann loses last-ditch legal effort to appeal defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson 09. April 2026 (08:49) The high court has dismissed his bid to clear his name of findings that, on the balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann has lost his last legal avenue to challenge his failed defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson after Australia’s top court dismissed his case.The high court dismissed his attempt to challenge the outcome in a short judgment published to its website on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ben Roberts-Smith entitled to presumption of innocence but ‘none of us are above the law’, Andrew Hastie says 09. April 2026 (08:17) Liberal MP makes first public comments since Australia’s most decorated living soldier, whom he served alongside, was charged with war crimesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal MP, Andrew Hastie, says Ben Roberts-Smith is entitled to the presumption of innocence but “none of us are above the law” in his first public comments since Australia’s most decorated living soldier was charged with war crimes.Hastie served alongside Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan and was among the 21 Special Air Service (SAS) who gave evidence in the defamation case he brought against the Nine newspapers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Stephen Colbert Skewers Trump’s ‘Double-Sided’ Cease-Fire 09. April 2026 (08:14) “The Late Show” host asked if being double-sided wasn’t a prerequisite: “I believe there’s a word for a single-sided cease-fire and it’s ‘murder.’”(New York Times)
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