Bruce Lehrmann inquiry head’s 273 interactions with the Australian columnist raised in legal challenge by former ACT DPP
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Walter Sofronoff’s “private and secret” text messages with a columnist at the Australian demonstrated “preferential treatment” and a “closeness” that could lead to an impression of bias, a court has heard.
Janet Albrechtsen’s 273 interactions with the head of an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann are at the centre of a legal challenge by the former ACT director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold, who wants to quash the inquiry’s adverse findings against him.
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