Court: There is no evidence the author of a damning inquiry report "was infected or poisoned" by his relationship with a journalist, a lawyer has claimed.
Police: Chief Financial Officer Paul Wood told Greens senator Barbara Pocock the government had paid a total sum of $627,999 to the firm as a "compensation payment".
Defence: Greg Moriarty has confirmed that Richard Marles gave senior officials a sense of his "evolving perspectives and his expectations" at a meeting last year, but denied that Mr Marles had "laid down the law".
