Jade Toomey

Parents and former educators at Guardian Childcare and Education in Canberra tell the ABC about instances where children were forgotten outside, served mouldy bread and spoiled food, narrowly escaped anaphylactic reactions, and returned home in soiled nappies.

The Federal Court orders Bruce Lehrmann to pay $2 million to Network Ten over his failed defamation case.

The man pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court to assaulting the boy during a neighbourhood dispute.

ACT Attorney General Shane Rattenbury admits a "serious mistake" was made in the case against convicted child sex offender Stephen Mitchell, who faces re-sentencing later this year.

A group of Australian Federal Police officers file a case against the ACT government and former ACT top prosecutor Shane Drumgold over comments he made after the trial of Mr Lehrmann collapsed.

The ANU has promised to take swift action if an investigation finds Nazi gestures were used at an online students' association meeting this week.

Pressure is mounting on the ACT government to find a way to address a problem which could see the sentence for convicted child sex offender Stephen Mitchell, slashed.

Bruce Lehrmann has indicated he may appeal a Federal Court finding that on the balance of probabilities he raped Brittany Higgins.

New data shows almost half the women who were victims of a homicide in the last financial year were killed by a former or current intimate partner. While this represents a 28 per cent increase on the previous year, it is also the second-lowest rate since records began in 1990.

What happened between Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins in a ministerial suite at Parliament House in March 2019 has triggered at least a dozen avenues of legal action so far — and the costs of all this litigation are set to be many millions.

Legal experts are calling for reform of Australia's defamation laws to better protect survivors, journalists, and media publishers producing stories about violence against women, in the wake of Bruce Lehrmann's defeat in the Federal Court.

Yesterday, Justice Michael Lee ruled that Bruce Lehrmann probably raped Brittany Higgins that fateful night in March 2019, after the pair arrived at Parliament House in the small hours. But an expert says it's unlikely a second criminal trial will go ahead.

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over coverage of Brittany Higgins's rape allegation has failed. Here are the five key takeaways from Federal Court Justice Michael Lee's judgment.

Justice Michael Lee has delivered his judgment in the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, ruling that the evidence had proven Network Ten's substantial truth defence.

He struggled through school, couldn't cope at university, and lives with a rare genetic condition, but somehow Will Golding used his disability to create his dream career — and a place to support others like him. 

A report into the redevelopment finds the previous federal government deliberately dodged ministerial oversight and failed to manage conflicts of interest.

Extracts of the book, tendered to the Federal Court, include descriptions of whisky-fuelled Christmas parties at Parliament House and the behaviour of an infamous group of Liberal cabinet ministers known as the "Big Swinging Dicks".

Network Ten alleges the Seven Network paid Bruce Lehrmann hundreds of dollars for cocaine as "pre-production expenses" before he agreed to give an exclusive interview to a current affairs program.

Taylor Auerbach is questioned about a night in Sydney when he dined with Bruce Lehrmann at a Sydney restaurant for the purpose of securing an exclusive interview.

The Seven Network has begun responding to allegations by a former producer about their pursuit of the former Liberal staffer in the Federal Court.

Pacific Island descendants call for a national audit of Australian institutions after discovering the National Museum of Australia in Canberra and the Australian Museum in Sydney are storing hundreds of ancestral remains.

The former ACT director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold is challenging damning findings made about his conduct during the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.

Lawyers for former ACT top prosecutor Shane Drumgold argue The Australian journalist Janet Albrechtsen "infected" bias into the mind of Bruce Lehrmann prosecution inquiry chair Walter Sofronoff, whose final report made scathing findings about Mr Drumgold's conduct.

Detainee George George, 33, pleads guilty to arson over his involvement in starting a riot in Canberra's jail, which the court heard was sparked over COVID restrictions and because prisoners weren't given cigarettes or dessert.

Lucy Walton is among many Australian women investigating fertility testing in the so-called panic years. But experts warn against cheap, at-home testing kits.