What's in the News?

• A 'world-first' telescope allowing Australia to play a starring role in space communications

  A newly installed telescope just outside Canberra is promising big benefits for those exploring outer space, offering high-speed communications from satellites with low-Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. 2023-12-05 19:45:22

• Brittany Higgins's cross-examination in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial wraps up. Here's what happened

  After more than four days in the witness box, Brittany Higgins concludes her evidence to the Federal Court, in a defamation trial brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. 2023-12-05 19:45:04

• Seven Network paying Bruce Lehrmann's rent at cost of $4,000 per fortnight, court documents reveal

  The exclusivity agreement and an invoice have been released by the Federal Court as part of Mr Lehrmann's defamation trial against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. 2023-12-05 10:31:58

• Matt Renshaw hones mental edge in bid for Australian Test recall

  Matt Renshaw opens up on the key changes in his mental approach to cricket ahead of playing for the Prime Minister's XI as he targets a Test recall. 2023-12-05 08:34:02

• Canberra man jailed for knocking girl off bike and strangling her unconscious

  Anthony Kenyon has pleaded guilty to pushing the 12-year-old off her bike, dragging her through a park and strangling her as she was riding home from school in 2022. 2023-12-05 08:15:16