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Murray Olds: Journalist Lisa Wilkinson delivers stunning response after Logies saga

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Lisa Wilkinson has offered to not engage in any further commentary on Brittany Higgins or the man accused of raping her, avoiding an injunction order after her Logies acceptance speech delayed the trial.Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting Ms Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019. He was due to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court next week.ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum told the court she had “robbed Peter to pay Paul” to ensure the trial would go ahead this year, listing October 4 as the new court date.Defence barrister Steven Whybrow had asked the court to hold off until the beginning of next year, raising concern the “bushfire” of publicity would still be burning in October.“We would like there to be no further issues and delays,” he told the court, adding he had availability issues within the time frame named.However, Justice McCallum said she was confident the media coverage of Ms Wilkinson's speech would dampen by October.“The publicity this week has focused sharply on the ve