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Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal bid dismissed by High Court · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamio with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. A beard by former Liberal staffer Bruce
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  Speaker 1: Lamman to appeal the verdict in his defamation action against
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  Speaker 1: Network ten has been thrown out by the High Court.
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  Speaker 1: Lamman sued the TV network and presenter Lisa Wilkinson for
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  Speaker 1: defamation in twenty twenty three over an interview with his
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  Speaker 1: former colleague Brittany Higgins about her alleged rape inside Parliament House.
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  Speaker 1: Though Higgins didn't name Laman in the interview, which aired
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  Speaker 1: on the shuttered program The Project, he argued he was identifiable.
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  Speaker 1: Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found on the balance of
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  Speaker 1: probabilities Lamman did rape Higgins. Lamman lost on appeal in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four and later applied to the High Court
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  Speaker 1: for special leave to appeal against that judgment by the
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  Speaker 1: Full Court of the Federal Court, but the High Court
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  Speaker 1: justices said on Thursday, quote the proposed rounds of appeal
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  Speaker 1: have insufficient prospects of success to warrant a grant of
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  Speaker 1: special leave, and the application does not involve a question
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  Speaker 1: of law that is of public importance. It's Lahman's last
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to challenge the outcome of the defamation action he
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  Speaker 1: initiated in twenty twenty three. The fledgling ceasefire agreement between
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  Speaker 1: the United States and Iran is already on shaky ground
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  Speaker 1: amid confusion about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 1: Tehran agreed on Wednesday to reopen the vital shipping route
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  Speaker 1: for two weeks as part of a temporary ceasefire, but
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  Speaker 1: said continued strikes by Israel on Hesbalah militants in Lebanon
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  Speaker 1: where a breach of the terms of the agreement. The
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  Speaker 1: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps later announced ships passing through would
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  Speaker 1: be required to take alternative routes to avoid possible collisions
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  Speaker 1: with sea mines. Israel has said from the jump Lebanon
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  Speaker 1: wasn't part of the ceasefire agreement, a position reiterated by
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  Speaker 1: White House Presstery Caroline Leavett on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire that has been
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  Speaker 2: related to all parties involved in the ceasefire as you know.
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister in nat Yahoo put out a statement last
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  Speaker 2: night in support of the ceasefire. In support of the
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  Speaker 2: United States' efforts and He's also assured the President they'll
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  Speaker 2: continue to be a helpful partner throughout the course of
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  Speaker 2: the next two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Leavett also denied reports by Iranian state media the strait
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  Speaker 1: of Home Wars had been closed again. Israel launched a
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  Speaker 1: barrage of strikes on commercial and residential areas in the
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  Speaker 1: capital of Beirut hours after the ceasefire deal was struck.
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  Speaker 1: Lebanese authorities said over one hundred and ten people were
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  Speaker 1: killed and hundreds more were wounded in the attack. Hezbollah
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  Speaker 1: retaliated by firing rockets at Israel, saying it has quote
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  Speaker 1: a right to respond to strikes. Donald Trump told PBS
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  Speaker 1: News Hour the conflict between Israel and the Iran backed
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  Speaker 1: militant group wasn't the focus of the ceasefire agreement, while
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  Speaker 1: Vice President Javance told reporters the confusion could be a
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  Speaker 1: product of a genuine misunderstanding.
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  Speaker 3: I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon,
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  Speaker 3: and it just didn't. We never made that promise, We
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  Speaker 3: never indicated that was going to be the case. Look,
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  Speaker 3: if Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in
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  Speaker 3: a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which
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  Speaker 3: has nothing to do with them, and which the United
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  Speaker 3: States never once said was part of the ceasefire. That's
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  Speaker 3: ultimately their choice. We think that would be dumb, but
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  Speaker 3: that's their choice.
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  Speaker 1: Vance will lead negotiations with Iran in Pakistan over the weekend,
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  Speaker 1: along with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushna. Trump
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  Speaker 1: said in a truth social post on Thursday, US forces
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  Speaker 1: will remain in the Middle East until a deal is struck.
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  Speaker 1: We've used AI to bring that post to life.
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  Speaker 4: If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely,
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  Speaker 4: then the shooting starts, bigger and better and stronger than
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  Speaker 4: anyone has ever seen before. It was agreed a long
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  Speaker 4: time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to
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  Speaker 4: the contrary, no nuclear weapons and the strait of horror
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  Speaker 4: moves will be open and safe. In the meantime, our
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  Speaker 4: great military is loading up and wrestling, looking forward actually
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  Speaker 4: to its next conquest. America is back.
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  Speaker 1: The President met with the Secretary General of the North
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  Speaker 1: Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mark Ruter at the White House on
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday evening local time. In that meeting, he reportedly vented
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  Speaker 1: his frustrations about a perceived lack of support for Operation
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  Speaker 1: Epic Fury, and then he started posting, here's Ai Trump again.
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  Speaker 4: NATO wasn't there when we needed him, and they won't
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  Speaker 4: be there if we need him again.
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  Speaker 1: Ruter told CNN he gets it.
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  Speaker 5: He is clearly disappointed and with many NATURE allies, and
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  Speaker 5: I can see his point. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 5: I was also able to appointed to the fact that
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  Speaker 5: the large majority of European nations has been helpful basing
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  Speaker 5: with logistics, with overflights, with making sure that they lift
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  Speaker 5: up to the commitments.
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  Speaker 1: The administration is reportedly considering punishing NATO allies Trump believes
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  Speaker 1: shirked their obligations to the United States during the conflict.
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  Speaker 1: That could mean withdrawing US troops from some member countries
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  Speaker 1: and stationing them in places he deems more supportive. The
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  Speaker 1: President previously threatened to leave NATO altogether, a move he
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  Speaker 1: can't legally make without congressional approval. Here's Caroline leab ittt
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  Speaker 1: earlier on Wednesday, I have.
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  Speaker 2: A direct quote from the President of the United States
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  Speaker 2: on NITO, and I will share it.
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  Speaker 4: With all of you.
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  Speaker 2: They were tested and they failed, and I would add
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  Speaker 2: it's quite sad that NITO turned their backs on the
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  Speaker 2: American people over the course of the last six weeks
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  Speaker 2: when it's the American people who have been defunding their defense.
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  Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian
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  Speaker 1: dot com dot au and come back to the front
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  Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for in depth analysis of
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  Speaker 1: Operation Epic Fury by our Foreign editor Greg Sheridan. That's
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  Speaker 1: right here Friday morning.