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Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the day’s events in Canberra and beyond. Yes, politics is back – but for a limited time only and Amy Remeikis will be along soon to take you through the day. In the meantime, I’m Martin Farrer and these are some of our top overnight stories.
Court documents released last night have revealed that News Corp paid Bruce Lehrmann $295,000 in damages for its original reporting of the allegation that he raped a colleague at Parliament House, an accusation he strongly denies. It also emerged that the ABC paid Lehrmann $150,000 to settle a claim he brought against the broadcaster that it acted maliciously for showing a National Press Club speech by his accuser, Brittany Higgins, in February last year. The revelations came after another dramatic day in his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson in which a former colleague said she resigned because she had been concerned about Lehrmann’s treatment of Higgins before the alleged rape. The defamation trial continues today and we’ll have regular updates.
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