Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers say their client should receive “substantial damages” even if the judge in his defamation trial finds he was dishonest on “occasions”. Lehrmann’s legal team filed a 136-page written submission with the Federal Court of Australia, which was made public on Friday. They accepted that Justice Michael Lee could make adverse findings about the former Liberal staffer’s honesty. …

An 11-year-old girl has died following a horror crash in the Blue Mountains two weeks ago. She is the third person to die after five vehicles crashed on the Great Western Highway at Wallerawang, 15 kilometres north of Lithgow, in December 29. Two people died initially, while more than a dozen others – including at least five children – were injured. …

Brittany Higgins has broken down in tears during cross-examination in the Federal Court, as lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann suggested she had not been raped at Parliament House in 2019. CONTENT WARNING: This article contains graphic details of sexual assault allegations.  Mr Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Ms Higgins on The Project, …

A police hunt is continuing for two men who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal car crash as officers try to piece together the events leading up to the tragedy. Two boys were killed after being thrown from a car which crashed on a suburban street in Ashcroft in Sydney’s southwest about 10.50am on Monday. The boys are yet to …

Five people who lost their lives when a car ploughed into the Daylesford pub’s beer garden have been identified as two families holidaying together over Victoria’s long weekend. News Corp named three of the victims as Point Cook lawyer Pratibha Sharma, 44, her daughter Anvi, 9, and partner Jatin Chugh, 30. The other two deceased have been named by The Indian Sun as Vivek …

The victim, Juan Jumalon, was broadcasting from his studio at his house in Calamba town in the southern province of Misamis Occidental, when the attack happened on Sunday. The suspect pretended to be someone who wanted to make an announcement on the 57-year-old’s radio show, police said. “Once inside, without apparent reason, (the suspect) drew his firearm and shot the …

The ex-boyfriend of former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian faces ongoing court proceedings, charged with lying to the state’s corruption watchdog over his business dealings. Former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire did not enter a plea when the matter was mentioned at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Monday. He is charged with giving false or misleading evidence at a public inquiry, …

One phone call “circulates on repeat” in Queensland widow Trina Panther’s mind. She was in bed on a Sunday morning when her phone started ringing. She didn’t recognise the number and almost declined it. But then she thought of her family interstate and her dad’s recent medical scare. Ms Panther answered and on the other end of the line was “Martin …

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has broken her silence after a video emerged of her engaged in some spirited, early-morning badinage with patrons outside a Melbourne gentleman’s club. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese questioned Ms Thorpe’s mental wellbeing after an incident in which she delivered a serve to a group of men standing outside Maxine’s, an adult entertainment venue in Melbourne’s Brunswick. …

Benched Victorian MP Moira Deeming has walked back her condemnation of the organisers of a controversial anti-trans rally while planning her return to the Liberals. Ms Deeming was suspended for attending the rally that was crashed by neo-Nazis. On Monday night she accepted her nine-month suspension after describing her rally attendance as an “error of judgement”. Ms Deeming said she looked …