Today was supposed to be the day the Bruce Lehrmann defamation saga was finally put to bed, but instead, Channel Ten will be presenting new evidence.

As Rick Sarre explains, the highly unusual move was allowed by Justice Michael Lee, who told the Federal Court he wanted sunlight to be the disinfectant. Today Rick outlines what new evidence has been brought to light and what effect this could have on the outcome.

Also in the news yesterday, the government expressed its outrage over the death of an Australian aid worker killed by Israeli defence forces in Gaza. It was an eventful day in domestic politics, with Anthony Albanese also announcing the next governor-general will be businesswoman Samantha Mostyn.

And earthquake scientist Dee Ninis looks at yesterday’s magnitude 7.4 Taiwan earthquake, which struck roughly 20 kilometres south of the city of Hualien. The quake, which caused ground shaking strong enough to make standing and driving a vehicle difficult, occurred on a reverse fault. That’s where the quake lifts up one side of Earth’s crust relative to the other.

This can produce displacement of the ocean floor, which generated the tsunami reported along the south coast of Japan.

Yesterday’s quake will likely continue to produce aftershocks for days and weeks to come and may not even be the biggest event in this sequence. But the chance of a larger event occurring declines as time goes on, Dee explains.

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