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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		How a Logies speech contributed to the delay of a rape trial
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:15:49
	Publish Date:		2022-06-24 05:30:45
	Description:		This week, the annual Logie Awards found itself in the middle of a major controversy that has seen a significant trial in the ACT that was due to begin next week, delayed until October. The ACT Supreme Court on Thursday set a new date of October 4 for the trial of former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who is accused of raping then colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019. Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty.. The delay came after Lehrmann’s defence team asked for a stay following Lisa Wilkinson’s speech at the Logies after she won the award for most outstanding news coverage or public affairs report. Chief Justice Lucy McCallum ruled on Tuesday the trial should be delayed because “the distinction between an untested allegation and the fact of truth has been lost”. In this episode of Please Explain, Larina Alick, who is The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's top lawyer, joins host Nathanael Cooper to talk through this complex area of law. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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