Category Archives: Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann

Presumption of Innocence conference under attack

Posted on April 13, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. A petition to cancel the upcoming Restoring the Presumption of Innocence Conference inadvertently makes the very point of the conference: the need to protect the presumption of innocence. The Conference, organised by Bettina Arndt and hosted by … Continue reading →

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Here come the judge … was Lehrmann defamed?

Posted on March 21, 2024 by andrew

Two weeks from today, at 10.15 am, April 4, 2024, Justice Lee of the Federal Court will hand down his judgement in one of the most consequential cases in contemporary Australia: the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network … Continue reading →

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Young Liberals President disinvites Bettina Arndt – event cancelled

Posted on March 14, 2024 by andrew

NSW Young Liberals president Chanum Torres has given no reason for disinviting Bettina Arndt from a panel discussion organised by Sydney University Conservative Club planned for Tuesday, March 19, 2024, which included Chris Merritt, Vice President of the Rule of … Continue reading →

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Lawfare in Australia – with Chris Merritt and Andrew L. Urban – CANCELLED

Posted on March 11, 2024 by andrew

A panel discussion followed by Q&A will examine the case of Brittany Higgins v Bruce Lehrman at a free seminar at the University of Sydney, organised by the University’s Conservative Club, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. 

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Drumgold loses on 7 of 8 grounds but ACT taxpayers to pay his costs

Posted on March 5, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. In the case of Drumgold v Sofronoff Board of Inquiry … seven of Shane Drumgold’s eight grounds of complaint against Walter Sofronoff’s report were dismissed – yet his costs are to be paid by ACT taxpayers … … Continue reading →

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Genuine rape victims betrayed by unsubstantiated claims

Posted on December 17, 2023 by andrew

As Bruce Lehrmann’s contentious rape defamation trial of TEN and The Project’s Lisa Wilkinson enters its final week, the whole subject of sexual assault allegations and the law are in the spotlight.

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Lehrmann v TEN & Wilkinson – a most consequential trial

Posted on December 3, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It began on November 22, 2023 and will continue for another fortnight from December 5, 2023: the defamation trial in which the respondents (TEN & Lisa Wilkinson) are trying to prove to the court that Bruce Lehrmann … Continue reading →

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Sofronoff report damns Drumgold in Higgins/Lehrmann inquiry

Posted on August 3, 2023 by andrew

2/8/2023: The report that was delivered to the ACT government on Monday (31/7/2023) but withheld from public release seems to have fallen into the hands of The Australian’s Janet Albrechtsen and Stephen Rice. Their front page story reveals the damning … Continue reading →

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Sofronoff report ready but release delayed by ACT Chief Minister; why?

Posted on July 31, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban It is delivered today, July 31, 2023, but the ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr “currently intends” to release some or all of the Sofronoff inquiry report into the handling of the Brittany Higgins rape allegations against Bruce … Continue reading →

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Comment moderators in conflict with editorial at The Australian?

Posted on June 17, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Are the gatekeepers of reader comments on The Australian – the moderators –  in ideological conflict with the editors? 

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