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Ten reaches deal with Lisa Wilkinson over Lehrmann defence costs
Media 2025-02-25 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Ten will pay journalist Lisa Wilkinson $1.15 million toward her costs of defending against defamation claims by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who was found by a judge to have raped colleague Brittany Higgins.

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In defamation defence, News Corp says Hells Angels member has bad reputation
Defamation 2025-02-25 3:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

News Corp is disputing claims in a defamation case that a senior member of the Hells Angels bikie gang was seriously harmed by its reporting, saying he already has a bad reputation.

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US property giant CoStar makes $2.7B play for Domain
Securities 2025-02-21 5:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Nine-owned Australian property marketplace Domain is weighing up a $2.7 billion cash takeover offer from US-based CoStar Group, which snapped up a 16.9 per cent share in the company on Thursday.

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Seven, reporter win strike-out bid in AFL player’s defamation case
Defamation 2025-02-14 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Seven can strike out part of West Coast Eagles player Jack Darling’s suit alleging it was the ‘publisher’ of allegedly defamatory articles in The West Australian that accused him of being anti-vax.

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ABC managing director admits oversight in Lattouf dismissal case
Employment 2025-02-05 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

ABC managing director David Anderson has admitted in cross-examination that there was a ā€œmissing stepā€ in former presenterā€™s Antoinette Lattouf’s dismissal.

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ABC says being ‘poster girl’ for press freedom caused Latouff’s distress
Trials 2025-02-04 11:50 pm By Andy Sidler

Claims of hurt and distress by former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf stemming from her dismissal are misdirected, the broadcaster has argued at trial.

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‘We owe her nothing’: Ex-ABC head’s email surfaces at Lattouf dismissal trial
Trials 2025-02-03 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

Ex-ABC chair Ita Buttrose sent an email suggesting Antoinette Lattouf be pulled off air following an email campaign by pro-Israel lawyers, a court has heard.

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‘Parties have gone feral’: Judge bemoans fee spat in barrister’s case against Nine
Defamation 2025-01-30 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

Barrister Gina Edwards, who won her defamation case over Oscar the cavoodle, is locked in a fight with Nine and her former solicitor over fees, in what a judge has described as a “dog’s breakfast”.

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Judge suppresses Seven reporter’s settled lawsuit for five years
Employment 2025-01-30 3:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has issued a five-year suppression order over documents in a settled lawsuit by a former Seven journalist, saying the order was necessary to incentivize settlements in similar cases.

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Netflix denies axing manager for taking maternity leave
Employment 2025-01-29 10:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Netflix says it was reasonable to make a manager redundant while she was on maternity leave, saying it was part of a restructure and that ā€œongoing performance issuesā€ meant she was not suitable for a new role.

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