Jade Toomey
@jadeetoomey
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Reporter at ABC News Canberra. Previously ABC North Qld and Darwin, and SCA Toowoomba. Home is NSW Central Coast. I'm at [email protected]
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Joined October 2015
"Hermes handbags worth tens of thousands of dollars, multiple properties, cash and a Rolex watch receipt for $24,000, are alleged to be part of the "unexplained wealth" of a Chinese national charged with reckless foreign interference." https://t.co/nvScp37B38
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Hermes handbags, multiple properties, cash and a Rolex watch receipt for $24,000, are alleged to be part of the "unexplained wealth" of a Chinese national charged with reckless foreign interference...
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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
https://t.co/dF14v2Stvq
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Walter Sofronoff engaged in 'corrupt conduct' while he led the 2023 inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's prosecution, a report has found.
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The United Workers Union alleges Genius Childcare owes workers up to $7 million in unpaid superannuation.
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Three Genius Childcare workers take legal action against the company over allegations it intentionally paid wages late and failed to pay them thousands of dollars in superannuation.
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ACT Labor has accused a Liberal candidate for next month's election of making "racist and offensive" comments under a social media pseudonym. @abcnews
https://t.co/IfRiB2iQcS
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Less than a month out from the ACT election, a Canberra Liberals candidate has been accused of making "racist and offensive" comments on social media under a pseudonym.
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another day, another PR statistic that has me questioning the world
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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
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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: https://t.co/dtaAWr9vdm
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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.
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The ABC has identified James Raptis, a lawyer at Australian Community Media, as being linked to a series of websites that were stealing – and mangling – stories from other sites.
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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
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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
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Five key takeaways from Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case. @abcnews with @jadeetoomey
https://t.co/Hlzbnc0IGT
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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over coverage of Brittany Higgins's rape allegation has failed. Here are the five key...
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"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.
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"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."
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