Brittany Higgins' and Grace Tame's full press club address removed after defamation claim …

The video of Brittany Higgins’ and Grace Tame’s full National Press Club address on the treatment of women has been removed from YouTube after defamation proceedings were lodged against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.The ABC has for months resisted legal demands for the video to be removed from YouTube, prompting Bruce Lehrmann to sue in the federal court for defamation last week.But the joint press club address, which lasted for more than an hour, has disappeared from the ABC’s channel on YouTube in recent days.The link now displays an error message simply stating: “This video isn’t available any more.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Guardian Australia understands that YouTube did not remove the video.Lehrmann sent a concerns notice to the ABC in February which gave the broadcaster less than two months to remove the press club address from its YouTube channel. When the deadline passed without the video’s removal, Lehrmann’s legal team lodged proceedings in court.The ABC did not respond to questions about why the video had now been removed.Aside from any allegedly defamatory material, last year’s joint address by Tame and Higgins focused on the experience of women and
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