‘I thought I was the fall guy’: WA businessman’s reasons for covert recording aired in defamation trial The business owner behind a covert recording at the centre of a defamation trial has admitted he decided to record a meeting with the Peel Development ... See more
Staffer told not to take notes during ‘unorthodox’ meeting about toxic soil A Perth court has heard a government commission staffer had “apprehensions” ahead of a meeting at the heart of a long-running defamation spat, during which she was asked to stop t... See more
‘Getting rid of a headache’: Secret tape exposes land-swap deal for ‘toxic’ waste A secret recording that triggered a seven-year defamation battle embroiling politicians including federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has finally been played in court, revealin... See more
Perth developer tells defamation trial WA government called on him to solve ‘headache’ A Perth property developer has taken the stand on the second day of a defamation trial more than seven years in the making, telling the WA Supreme Court the state gover... See more
Perth property developer sues politicians, journalists over ‘toxic soil’ articles A prominent Perth property developer has appeared in the Supreme Court for the first of an earmarked 13-day trial into allegations he was defamed after being accused of tryi... See more
