Phone messages contradict Higgins’ claims, the court said

In a defamation case, it was established that Brittany Higgins received therapy within days of her alleged rape in Parliament House. Contrary to her own statements to the media, therapy was not available for months. Ms Higgins is at loggerheads with her former boss, Senator Linda Reynolds, over a series of social media posts that … Read more

How a phone call from an Aboriginal mother helped her find a connection

When her youngest child was almost six years old, a phone call changed Rebecca Sogal's experience as a mother. The Wiradjuri woman had left her family and community in Brisbane when her first baby was three weeks old and followed her husband after he was transferred by the army to the Hunter Valley region of … Read more

Bunbury woman who left threatening voicemails on her niece's phone must await parole

A Bunbury woman who left threatening voicemails in which she threatened, among other things, her niece that she would “have her head kicked in” has been warned against such actions in the future. Leannda Noeleen Riley, 46, appeared in Bunbury Local Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to two counts of using a carriage service … Read more