Former Sunrise presenter Andrew O’Keefe has had his conviction upheld on three counts of domestic-violence-related assault. O'Keefe was a former White Ribbon ambassador, a global movement to end male violence against women and girls. For support contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). Video by AAP.
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00:00I'll give a more comprehensive statement later on when I've had a chance to consider the findings.
00:04Obviously I'm very disappointed in the attack, but I think the government did a good job of
00:10passing the evidence before me. I will say the extent to which the current state of law
00:16in this area of law, it's not surprising that I lost this appeal because possibly
00:22it grants a privilege in the way that they collect and defend evidence,
00:27whereas defence is denied basic rights at every step of the process.
00:32That's what we saw in this process today and that's what I'm considering.