The Sofronoff query chair released a suppression order over numerous files after several media outlets incorrectly reported their contents. Query head Walter Sofronoff (Image: AAP/Jono Searle) Several media outlets were criticised at the opening of day 3 of hearings in the Sofronoff query for incorrectly reporting harmful and extremely defamatory rumours about Brittany Higgins. On Wednesday early morning, Mark Tedeschi KC, who is representing primary district attorney Shane Drumgold SC at the questions, informed chair Walter Sofronoff KC an instant non-publication order over the pertinent product– which he referred to as “workplace scuttlebutt”– was required due to the tendency of particular media outlets to abuse the product. The product in concern was connected to an authorities evaluation report and included referrals to rumours about Higgins’ supposed sex, which was never ever confessed at trial. Find out more about why media outlets have actually been criticised in the Sofronoff questions. End up being a customer to get complete access to the site, along with our premium newsletters. Join us Already a customer? Visit to keep reading. About the Author Maeve McGregor Reporter Maeve McGregor is a press reporter for Crikey, with an unique interest in law and federal government stability concerns. Prior to this, she was a legal representative.
‘Office scuttlebutt’: media outlets knocked for reporting defamatory rumours about Brittany Higgins
