Jade Toomey
@jadeetoomey
Reporter at ABC News Canberra. Previously ABC North Qld and Darwin, and SCA Toowoomba. Home is NSW Central Coast. I'm at [email protected]
this man is poetic
Justice Lee has quipped that Brittany Higgins' bumble date on the night in question was left "like a shag on a rock" and was left "no doubt ruing swiping right." #Lehrmann
The ACT's corruption watchdog has found the man who led the inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann engaged in "serious corrupt conduct." @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…
The United Workers Union alleges Genius Childcare owes workers up to $7 million in unpaid superannuation. ab.co/4gAiy4K
ACT Labor has accused a Liberal candidate for next month's election of making "racist and offensive" comments under a social media pseudonym. @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2024-09-2…
another day, another PR statistic that has me questioning the world
The president of the Palestine Football Association & of Palestine’s Olympic Committee was recently in Lausanne meeting with #Olympics President Thomas Bach, and in Thailand for #FIFA Congress but denied visa to Aus to watch his team v @Socceroos. Why? #Auspol #football…
#BREAKING: Palestine Football Association president denied entry into Australia ahead of World Cup qualifier in Perth 7news.com.au/sport/soccer/p…
The Napier Waller Art Prize at the @AWMemorial is pushing boundaries again as always. This one took my breath away and that was before I read the background. ‘Deathmin’, by Kat Rae. See them all here: awm.gov.au/napier-waller-…
Sites like this have been copying so much content for years, especially in regional areas. Knowing the hours that go into original journalism, it’s very frustrating, let alone unethical. Great story. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1…
Solidarity with my hard working colleagues who are sent to breaking stories to write and file copy for the website, take and file photos, interview witnesses, file radio stories, do radio crosses, gather information AND do live television… in the same time as everyone else.
“We wonder how the ABC can justify having a dedicated news channel if it can’t do better on breaking stories like this.” #MediaWatch
#BREAKING Lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann have indicated he will appeal the judgment in his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. "New senior counsel has been briefed to provide advice on prospects," barrister David Helvadjian has told the Federal Court. @abcnews
Lest we forget the heroes of Australian advertising — (From @ARationalFear 2014)
On reports re: Bruce #Lehrmann's criminal trial & how Brittany Higgins' subpoenaed texts ended up w/ Ch7 Spotlight, Reece Kershaw says AFP is "reviewing that material and that case as we speak". Says not an investigation yet - just seeing if there's a threshold for one. #auspol
Costs submissions in the Lehrmann defamation case show Bruce Lehrmann was given a "walkaway offer" by Network Ten in August 2023, which was open for him to consider for two weeks. He declined it in less than two hours. #Lehrmann #Defamation #Higgins #FederalCourt
Five key takeaways from Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case. @abcnews with @jadeetoomey abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…
"Mr Lehrmann behaved disgracefully. He defended the criminal charge on a false basis, lied to police, and then allowed that lie to go uncorrected before the jury. " He also allowed Higgins, an assault victim, to be cross-examined on a knowingly false premise." Justice Lee.
"One does not pash passively" - Justice Lee, ruling that Ms Higgins's evidence that she was "passive" on the night at The Dock was inconsistent with his finding that she and Bruce Lehrmann "hooked up."