:Lisa Wilkinson
{{Short description|Australian television presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lisa Wilkinson
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|size=100%}}
| image = Lisa Wilkinson in February 2013.jpg
| caption = Wilkinson at David Jones, Sydney in 2013
| birth_date = 19 December 1959 (age 65)
| birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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| education = Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
| occupation = {{Hlist|Journalist|television presenter|magazine editor}}
| years active = 1980–2022
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| spouse = {{marriage|Peter FitzSimons|1992}}
| children = 3
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| URL = {{URL|https://www.lisawilkinson.com.au}}
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Lisa Clare Wilkinson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|AM}} (Born 19 December 1959) is an Australian television presenter, journalist, and magazine editor.
Wilkinson has previously co-hosted the Nine Network's breakfast television program, Today, with Karl Stefanovic (2007–2017), Weekend Sunrise on the Seven Network (2005–2007), and The Project on Network Ten (2018–2022).{{cite web|url=https://10play.com.au/theproject/hosts/lisa-wilkinson-am/pa190517ehwnx|title=Lisa Wilkinson|website=10 Play|publisher=Network Ten|access-date=1 December 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206233645/https://10play.com.au/theproject/hosts/lisa-wilkinson-am/pa190517ehwnx|archive-date=6 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/erin-molan/lisa-wilkinson-quits-the-project-amongst-staff-exodus/video/2bd398a1521cad62aefce4801a7a2932|title=Lisa Wilkinson quits The Project amongst staff 'exodus'|date=20 November 2022 |publisher=Sky News|access-date=21 November 2022}}
Career
=Magazines=
==''Dolly''==
Wilkinson was born in Wollongong,{{cite news |url=http://www.climbingholidays.com.au/climbing-holidays-articles/2008/6/7/a-day-at-a-time/ |title=A Day at a Time |author=Turk, Louise |work=Illawarra Mercury |date=7 June 2008 |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522060235/http://www.climbingholidays.com.au/climbing-holidays-articles/2008/6/7/a-day-at-a-time/ |archive-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead }} but grew up in Campbelltown, in Sydney's Western Suburbs and attended Campbelltown High School (now Campbelltown Performing Arts High School).{{cite web |url=http://www2.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/businesspaper/2004/041214/cs041207.pdf |title=Campbelltown Town – Committee Minutes |access-date=11 November 2007 |date=7 December 2004 |publisher=Campbelltown City Council |page=11 |quote=...Lisa Wilkinson (a former student of Campbelltown High School who became the youngest ever editor of an Australian women's magazine). |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195028/http://www2.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/businesspaper/2004/041214/cs041207.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} She began her career working for the magazine Dolly.{{cite web |url=http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=267866 |title=Today biography |publisher=Today.ninemsn.com.au |date=15 October 2013 |access-date=3 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305144740/http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=267866 |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} At age 21, she was offered the job as its editor. During her time there she became known for discovering young female talent, including a then-unknown Nicole Kidman.{{cite web |url=https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/lisa-wilkinson-nicole-kidman-dolly-magazine-231636607.html|title=Lisa Wilkinson on why she'll 'always be grateful to Nicole Kidman'
|date=3 August 2020
|publisher=Yahoo|access-date=1 December 2021}}
==''Cleo''==
After tripling the circulation at Dolly, she was personally approached by Kerry Packer to become editor of Australian Consolidated Press women's lifestyle magazine, Cleo.{{cite web |url=https://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/wholesaleconnect/category/growth/lisa-wilkinson--a-career-built-on-connecting-to-her-audience.html|title=Lisa Wilkinson: the value of building a strong connection with your audience|publisher=Telstra|access-date=1 December 2021}} One of her first acts was to remove the magazine's infamous male centrefold.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/cleo-brings-back-the-centrefold-20131114-2xiyr.html|title=Cleo Brings Back the Centrefold|date=14 November 2013 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=1 December 2021}} During her time as editor, she mentored up and coming journalists such as Mia Freedman and Deborah Thomas.{{cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.au/mia-freedman-lisa-wilkinson-international-womens-day-mentoring|title=Lisa Wilkinson And Mia Freedman Talk Best Friends and the Boys' Club|date=7 March 2019 |publisher=Marie Claire|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/cleo-magazine-to-close-in-australia/8abe3b6c-5150-4474-91e0-0ffccb96ded3|title=Wilkinson mourns loss of breeding ground for journalists after Cleo closure|date=20 January 2016 |publisher= 9news.com.au|access-date=1 December 2021}}
Over ten years Wilkinson became the title's longest-serving editor, and during her tenure there was unprecedented circulation growth for the magazine. Wilkinson went on to become Cleo's International Editor-in-Chief as it opened titles in New Zealand and Asia.{{cite web|title=Lisa Wilkinson|url=https://www.thefordhamcompany.com.au/talent/lisa-wilkinson/|publisher=The Fordham Company|access-date=1 December 2021}}
==''Australian Women's Weekly''==
From 1999 to 2007, Wilkinson was editor-at-large of The Australian Women's Weekly.{{cite web |url=https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/australia-day-honours-for-melissa-doyle-and-lisa-wilkinson/697|title=Australia Day Honours for Melissa Doyle and Lisa Wilkinson|date=25 January 2016 |publisher=Media Spy|access-date=1 December 2021}}
==''Huffington Post''==
In August 2015, Wilkinson was asked by Arianna Huffington to become the Australian Editor-at-large of The Huffington Post, a role she held until 2018.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/ls-celebrity-news/huffington-post-appoints-television-presenter-lisa-wilkinson-as-editoratlarge-20150818-gj1w3e.html |title=Huffington Post appoints television presenter Lisa Wilkinson as editor-at-large |author=Davies, Anne|date=19 August 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=3 September 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.adnews.com.au/news/lisa-wilkinson-takes-editor-at-large-role-for-huffpost-australia |title=Lisa Wilkinson takes editor-at-large role for HuffPost Australia|publisher=Ad News|access-date=1 December 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/29/fairfax-media-joint-venture-with-huffpost-comes-to-an-end |title=Fairfax Media joint venture with HuffPost comes to an end|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 November 2017 |access-date=1 December 2021 |last1=Meade |first1=Amanda }}
=Television=
Wilkinson's television career began in the late 1990s when she became a regular panelist on Network Ten and Foxtel's Beauty and the Beast. During the 2000 Summer Olympics, she (along with Duncan Armstrong) co-hosted The Morning Shift on the Seven Network.[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-morning-shift/ The Morning Shift], tv.com
==''Weekend Sunrise''==
In April 2005, Wilkinson began hosting Weekend Sunrise on the Seven Network with Chris Reason, and later with Andrew O'Keefe.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/youd-be-a-fool-to-feel-safe-on-tv-20130720-2qb1q.html |title=You'd be a fool to feel safe on TV |author=Casamento, Jo |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 July 2013 }}
==''Today''==
On 10 May 2007, it was confirmed that Wilkinson was to co-host Today on the Nine Network after Jessica Rowe left the network and she began appearing on Today on 28 May 2007.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/battle-at-dawn/2007/05/12/1178899163540.html |title=TV job gives new meaning to 'hot seat' |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 May 2007 }} This was Stefanovic's fifth female co-host in just over two years.{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/everything-we-know-about-karls-new-host-and-how-she-plans-to-lift-ratings/news-story/831567acb4119fc1876aa5dbccf220e4|title=Everything we know about Karl's new host, and how she plans to lift ratings|publisher=News|access-date=1 December 2021}} In 2016, the duo took the show to number one in the breakfast TV wars for the first time in 12 years.{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/nines-today-show-claims-the-2016-breakfast-crown-403198|title=NEWSNine's Today Show claims first victory over Sunrise|date=22 October 2016 |publisher=Mumbrella|access-date=1 December 2021}}
On 16 October 2017, Wilkinson resigned from the Nine Network and Today effective immediately due to a contract dispute with management over the significant gender pay gap that existed between her and long-time co-host Karl Stefanovic {{Cite news|title=Lisa Wilkinson reflects on leaving Today: 'It was something I'd been thinking about'|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/television/lisa-wilkinson-reflects-on-leaving-today-it-was-something-id-been-thinking-about/news-story/d61b565cb07ba70fb0e360c67f899e50|access-date=14 October 2021|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|date=29 January 2018|first1=Bronte|last1=Coy|first2=Debbie|last2=Schipp}} after ten years with the network.{{Cite news|first1=Charis|last1=Chang|first2=Liz|last2=Burke|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/lisa-wilkinson-announced-shock-resignation-from-nines-today-show/news-story/716a3e6d78b661ba2bb2dec15069a959|title=Lisa Wilkinson announced shock resignation from Nine's Today show|date=17 October 2017|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=14 October 2021}}
Wilkinson herself announced she was leaving on Twitter and then just over an hour later announced on Twitter that she was joining Network 10.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/oct/17/lisa-wilkinson-leaves-nine-and-joins-ten-after-pay-battle|title=Lisa Wilkinson leaves Nine and joins Ten after pay battle|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 October 2017 |access-date=1 December 2021 |last1=Meade |first1=Amanda }}
In her 2021 memoir, It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This, Wilkinson revealed that she had been sacked over her request for a fairer pay structure at the Network.[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/lisa-wilkinson-reveals-brutal-nine-axing-after-awkward-final-encounter-with-karl-stefanovic/news-story/bd2f2798cf4375dcf63d9c09b3466705 "Lisa Wilkinson reveals brutal Nine axing after awkward final encounter with Karl Stefanovic"] by Ben Graham, news.com.au, 17 October 2021
==''The Project''==
In 2018, she joined The Project, a nightly TV current affairs programme on Network 10.{{Cite news|last=Enker|first=Debi|date=2018-01-29|title=Despite the hype, Lisa Wilkinson's Project debut is a fizzer|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/despite-the-hype-lisa-wilkinsons-project-debut-is-a-fizzer-20180130-h0qc4z.html|access-date=2020-07-08|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}} On 20 November 2022, Wilkinson "stepped down" from her role on The Project after a controversial year on the program."{{cite web |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/lisa-wilkinson-leaves-channel-ten-show-the-project-20221120-p5bzsx|title=Lisa Wilkinson leaves Channel Ten show The Project|date=20 November 2022 |publisher=Australian Financial Review|access-date=21 November 2022}}{{cite news |last=Clench|first=Sam|date=2022-11-20|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/lisa-wilkinson-quits-as-host-of-the-project-citing-relentless-toxicity/news-story/59613b48038fc8d7655cc11bf47fb654 |title=Lisa Wilkinson quits as host of The Project, citing 'relentless toxicity'|access-date=20 November 2022}}{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title="It's time for a change": Lisa Wilkinson quits The Project|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/11/its-time-for-a-change-lisa-wilkinson-quits-the-project.html|date=20 November 2022|website=TV Tonight|publisher=TV Tonight|access-date=20 November 2022}}
==''Carols by Candlelight''==
From 2008 to 2016, Wilkinson was the co-host of the Nine Network's Carols by Candlelight, replacing long time host Ray Martin when Martin semi-retired. Wilkinson's co-host from 2008 until 2012 was Karl Stefanovic, and in 2013 she was joined by David Campbell.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/todays-lisa-wilkinson-we-need-to-start-developing-a-womens-club-in-media-20131218-2zjpr.html |title=Today's Lisa Wilkinson: 'We need to start developing a women's club [in media]' |last1=McManus |first1=Bridget |date=19 December 2013 |work=The Age |access-date=24 December 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/10/today-duo-to-host-carols-by-candlelight-2.html |title=End of an era as Ray quits Nine |author=Knox, David |work=TV Tonight |date=20 October 2008 |access-date=29 October 2013 }} She was replaced by Sonia Kruger in 2017 after she left the Nine Network.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/12/carols-by-candlelight-guide.html|title=Carols by Candlelight: guide|last=Knox|first=David|work=TV Tonight|date=19 December 2019|access-date=21 July 2020}}
=Other=
In 2013, Wilkinson gave the Andrew Olle Media Lecture on the treatment of women in and by the media.{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/lisa-wilkinsons-andrew-olle-lecture-and-women-in-media-19551|title=Lisa Wilkinson's Andrew Olle Lecture and women in media|date=25 October 2013 |publisher=The Conversation|access-date=1 December 2021}} She was the first female journalist to give the speech since Jana Wendt in 1997.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/10/25/3876439.htm|title=Lisa Wilkinson Presents Annual Andrew Olle Lecture|publisher=ABC|access-date=1 December 2021}}
In 2017, Wilkinson was remarked on by The Daily Mail for wearing on air a blouse she had worn four months before.{{Cite web|last=Burke|first=Tina|date=12 April 2017|title=Lisa Wilkinson Just Wore The Same Blouse Twice, And Copped Backlash For Some Reason|url=https://www.marieclaire.com.au/lisa-wilkinson-daily-mail-blouse|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Marie Claire}} Her cohost, Karl Stefanovic, had previously worn the same suit every day for a year without attracting notice. Wilkinson posted a tweet criticizing the sexism and wore the blouse on air the next day, sardonically writing "my greatest legacy to the annals of female news broadcasting history will likely be that I dared to wear the same outfit two days in a row on national TV".{{Cite web|date=2017-04-12|title=Lisa Wilkinson: I Want To Thank The Fashion Police For Airing My Dirty Laundry|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/lisa-wilkinson/i-want-to-thank-the-fashion-police-for-airing-my-dirty-laundry_a_22036263/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=HuffPost}} Other male and female Today Show hosts also wore the blouse on air in following days.{{Cite web|last=Kyung Kim|first=Eun|date=12 April 2017|title=News anchor fights back after shamed for wearing same blouse – 4 months apart|url=https://www.today.com/style/news-anchor-fights-back-after-shamed-wearing-same-blouse-4-t110299|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Today}}
In October 2021, Wilkinson was for the second time named a finalist in the Walkley Awards, for her interview with political staffer Brittany Higgins{{cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.au/brittany-higgins-lisa-wilkinson-interview-alleged-rape|title=Alleged Rape Survivor Brittany Higgins' Interview Is Damning And Raises Questions|date=16 February 2021 |publisher=Marie Claire|access-date=1 December 2021}} in which she alleged being raped on Federal Government Minister Linda Reynold's office couch in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.walkleys.com/finalists-announced-66th-walkley-awards-for-excellence-in-journalism/|title=Finalists announced for the 66th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism|date=20 October 2021 |publisher=Walkley Awards|access-date=1 December 2021}} That story led to a full cultural review by Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, into the workplace treatment of women in Parliament House.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-05/independent-inquiry-established-kate-jenkins-brittany-higgins/13191250|title=Kate Jenkins to lead independent inquiry into Parliament House culture following Brittany Higgins allegations|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |date=5 March 2021|access-date=1 December 2021}}
Personal life
Wilkinson married author, journalist and former rugby international Peter FitzSimons on 26 September 1992;{{cite news |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/photos-e6frg30l-1226487265216?page=4 |title=Galleries: 1992 Weddings |work=Perth Now|page=4 |access-date=3 March 2014}} they have two sons and one daughter.{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/today-show-hosts-a-perfect-match/story-e6frf039-1225896224840 |title=Today show hosts a perfect match |author=Clune, Richard |work=The Sunday Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=25 July 2010 |access-date=3 March 2014}}{{cite news|title=Addressed for success|work=The Sun-Herald|date=1 August 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.liveatthecentre.com.au/Literary-Lunch-August-pg30625.html|title=In Conversation: August Literary Lunch with Peter FitzSimons|work=Live at the Centre.com.au|access-date=7 August 2015}}
She published her autobiography in 2021: It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This, HarperCollins, {{ISBN|9781460704455}}, 496 pages.{{cite news |title= First review: Beyond the Nine storm, what's really in Lisa Wilkinson book It Wasn't Meant To Be Like This |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/first-review-beyond-the-storm-whats-really-in-lisa-wilkinsons-it-wasnt-meant-to-be-like-this/news-story/5d76246ed82f1dad89ec785b7624ca32 |publisher=News.com.au |date=30 May 2023}}
There was a second print run of the book.{{cite news |title=Lisa Wilkinson has last laugh as her book sales skyrocket|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/annette-sharp-lisa-wilkinson-has-last-laugh-as-her-book-sales-skyrocket/news-story/69e0898a177984f8c3cc04ae783d304c |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney |access-date=30 May 2023}}
Honours
Wilkinson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day Honours list for significant service to the print and broadcast media as a journalist and presenter, and to a range of youth and women's health groups.{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Gazette%20-%20O%20of%20A.pdf |title=Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (M-Z) |work=Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists |publisher=Office of the Governor-General of Australia |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=26 January 2016}}
In 2017, Wilkinson's portrait by artist Peter Smeeth was a finalist in the Archibald Prize, and winner of the Packing Room Prize.[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/29818/ Peter Smeeth, Lisa Wilkinson AM – Winner: Packing Room Prize 2017], Archibald Prize 2017, Art Gallery of New South Wales[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-20/winner-of-archibald-packing-room-prize-announced/8726396 Packing Room Prize 2017: Peter Smeeth's portrait of Lisa Wilkinson wins Archibald's art award], Paige Cockburn and Louise Hall, ABC News Online, 20 July 2017
In 2022, Wilkinson was part of The Project team that won 2 Logie Awards - one for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program and one for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report.{{cite web |url=https://10play.com.au/10-play-trending/articles/tv-week-logies-2022-lisa-wilkinson-delivers-powerful-speech/tpa220619uvtwi|title=TV WEEK Logies 2022: Lisa Wilkinson Delivers Powerful Speech|publisher=Channel 10|access-date=19 June 2022}}
Controversy
On receiving an award at the nationally televised 62nd Annual Logie Awards, Wilkinson "gave a speech in which she openly referred to and praised" the complainant in a sexual assault matter, despite "clear and appropriate" warning of the associated risks of doing so while criminal court proceedings were afoot.{{cite web |url=https://insideheadline.com/lisa-wilkinson-logies-speech-delays-bruce-lehrmann-trial-further/|title=Lisa Wilkinson Logies Speech Delays Bruce Lehrmann Trial Further|date=21 June 2022 |publisher=Inside headline|access-date=21 June 2022}}
The subsequent publicity generated from Wilkinson's speech caused lawyers for the man awaiting trial in this matter to lodge an application to temporarily stay proceedings.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/act-bruce-lehrmann-granted-temporary-stay-delaying-trial/101170550|title=Brittany Higgins's accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann has trial delayed due to publicity sparked by Lisa Wilkinson's Logies speech
|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia
|date=21 June 2022
|access-date=21 June 2022}} On 21 June 2022, lawyers for the accused argued that Wilkinson's "speech did not need to be made" and the ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum granted the man's application.{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/logies/judge-in-brittany-higgins-rape-case-says-she-was-wrong-to-trust-media/news-story/504b73c1c1d32ac415fb2ec956fa4f95|title=Major decision in Brittany Higgins rape case handed down |first=Courtney |last=Gould |agency=NCA NewsWire |access-date=21 June 2022}}
Commenting on Wilkinson's speech, Chief Justice McCallum said, "What concerns me most about this recent round is that the distinction between an allegation and a finding of guilt has been completely obliterated".{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/judge-blasts-wilkinson-s-logies-speech-about-higgins-20220621-p5avd3.html|title=Judge blasts Wilkinson's Logies speech about Higgins
|date=21 June 2022
|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=21 June 2022}} Her Honour further stated that, "The implicit premise of [Wilkinson's speech was] to celebrate the truthfulness of the story she exposed" before any finding of guilt, and in the context of the accused denying that "any sexual activity took place". The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that "the prosecution is considering making an application for a restraint on commentary by Ms Wilkinson".{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/act-bruce-lehrmann-granted-temporary-stay-delaying-trial/101170550|title=Judge takes aim at Lisa Wilkinson's mention of Brittany Higgins in Logies speech as Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial delayed
|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia
|date=21 June 2022
|access-date=21 June 2022}}
As a subsequent independent inquiry investigating the prosecution of Lehrmann, ACT Prosecutor Shane Drumgold admitted he "misread the situation" in a meeting with Lisa Wilkinson discussing her acceptance speech for a Logie award{{cite news |title=Prosecutor in Bruce Lehrmann trial admits he 'misread the situation' in meeting with Lisa Wilkinson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/08/prosecutor-in-bruce-lehrmann-trial-admits-he-misread-the-situation-in-meeting-with-lisa-wilkinson |work=The Guardian |access-date=29 May 2023}} and that he subsequently misled the judge about Wilkinson's Logies speech.{{cite news |title=ACT Prosecutor Admits Inadvertently Misleading Judge|url=https://twitter.com/10newsfirst/status/1656927182864764929?s=10&t=OjPR6MzGyUFO6axntnFpKw |via=Twitter |access-date=29 May 2023}}
In 2023, Bruce Lehrmann launched a defamation suit against Wilkinson, Samantha Maiden, Network 10, and News Corp and subsequently the ABC.{{Cite web |last=Whitbourn |first=Michaela |date=2023-03-01 |title=Lisa Wilkinson seeks to defend Bruce Lehrmann defamation suit by proving rape claim |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/wilkinson-seeks-to-defend-lehrmann-defamation-suit-by-proving-rape-claim-20230301-p5cogj.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=The Age}}
In May 2023, Lehrmann dropped his defamation case against News Corp and Samantha Maiden, but not Wilkinson, the Ten Network or the ABC.{{cite news |title=
Bruce Lehrmann drops defamation case and settles with News Corp over Brittany Higgins reports|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/30/bruce-lehrhmann-drops-defamation-case-and-settles-with-news-corp-over-brittany-higgins-reports |work=The Guardian |access-date=30 May 2023}} Wilkinson subsequently commenced legal action against her employer, Network 10, over alleged failure of the Network to pay her legal fees of $700,000.{{Cite news |last=Knaus |first=Christopher |date=2023-10-19 |title=Lisa Wilkinson sues Network 10 over legal bills for Bruce Lehrmann defamation suit|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/19/lisa-wilkinson-sues-network-10-over-legal-bills-for-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-suit |access-date=2023-10-20 |issn=0261-3077}} In April 2024, the defamation suit was dismissed when the court ruled that on the balance of probabilities Lehrmann raped Higgins.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/15/bruce-lehrmann-defamation-trial-judge-verdict-rape-brittany-higgins-parliament-house-ntwnfb|title=Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, judge finds on balance of probabilities|website=The Guardian|access-date=14 April 2024}}
References
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