She reported on an alleged rape in parliament, and now the reporter is on trial for defamation. About a trial that is shaking Australia’s media and politics.
“Tonight: Rape allegations, obstruction of a police investigation and a young woman forced to choose between her career and justice. And it all happened right at the heart of our democracy.” It was strong words with which journalist Lisa Wilkinson introduced the broadcast of The Project series on Australian private television channel Network 10 on February 15, 2021. What followed was to shake the political scene in Australia’s capital Canberra.