Public Broadcaster Settles Defamation Case With Bruce Lehrmann

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has settled his defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).  In 2022, another former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins made a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra in which she claimed Mr. Lehrmann sexually assaulted her. The ABC broadcast that speech on the night.  Although the details of the settlement are yet to be released, the ABC hinted at the details in a statement.  “The proceedings have settled on mutually acceptable, confidential terms, without admission of liability,” the statement read.  In a separate case, proceedings against Channel Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson will continue at a court in Canberra, with Mr. Lehrmann suing both for defamation....