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Claims by some readers that The Age was part of a conspiracy protecting the Catholic Church and George Pell were a factor in the newspaper’s decision to publish its initial article about the cardinal’s conviction on child sex abuse charges, a trial has heard. The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and some of their journalists are on trial, along with other Australian media, over contempt of court charges stemming from reports they published and broadcast in December 2018, in the days after Cardinal Pell was found guilty at trial in the County Court. Cardinal George Pell. Credit:AP Ca...

Advertisement Jurors, judges and lawyers are masked up, court rooms have been reassembled and hand sanitiser is at the ready – welcome to a jury trial in the time of coronavirus. The pandemic forced the traditionally archaic justice system to ditch the four walls of the court and run cases online. The Supreme Court jury sits in the body of the court, while the lawyers have been moved up to the side. Credit:Paul Jeffers Though plea hearings, bail applications and sentencing were heard over video link, the heads of Victoria's County and Supreme Courts resisted moving jury trials online, susp...