The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has gone on leave after a week of bruising cross examination over his conduct during an inquiry examining the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann. The cross examination focused on questions over his decision to tell the ACT Supreme Court Justice that a noteContinue Reading
ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold SC has told an inquiry that so many “strange things” occurred in the investigation of Brittany Higgins rape allegation and the trial that followed that he felt compelled to demand a public inquiry. Mr Drumgold has accused police of “feeding inaccurate information” in a bidContinue Reading
The chief prosecutor in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann complained a crucial interview by police with Brittany Higgins looked more like a “defence cross examination”, an inquiry has heard. Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold SC made the claim during his third day of questioning in an inquiry into theContinue Reading
Tanya Plibersek’s daughter has revealed the devastating reason her mother abandoned plans to run for the Labor leadership in 2019 as she supported her in a court battle against an abusive ex-boyfriend. In a harrowing account of her abuse as a teenager, Ms Plibersek’s daughter Anna has revealed her motherContinue Reading