Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 12:28pmTue 3 Nov 2026 at 12:28pm<\/p>\n
Conversation with complainant examined<\/p>\n
McClymont is now being asked about a phone conversation she had with Complainant C in September 2023.<\/p>\n
The court heard the complainant, who was a former colleague of Jones, revealed his identity to McClymont and detailed allegations against the broadcaster on that occasion.<\/p>\n
They later met face to face, with the court hearing Complainant C gave McClymont consent to take notes and record their conversation.<\/p>\n
They spoke for over an hour, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 12:04pmTue 3 Nov 2026 at 12:04pm<\/p>\n
Court resumes<\/p>\n
Proceedings are back underway and McClymont has returned to the courtroom.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 11:42amTue 3 Nov 2026 at 11:42am<\/p>\n
McClymont warned not to speak to media<\/p>\n
The court has broken for morning tea.<\/p>\n
Judge Glenn Walsh warns McClymont she “may be approached” by her journalist peers in the break and reminds her not to speak with anyone about her evidence.<\/p>\n
He tells her there was an “unfortunate” incident involving Hadley earlier in the trial, and McClymont promises not to speak to anyone.<\/p>\n
Witnesses are all advised not to speak to media while they are under oath.<\/p>\n
Judge Walsh has previously expressed disdain after seeing footage of reporters approaching Hadley on his way into court during his evidence.<\/p>\n
Court will resume at midday.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:59amTue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:59am<\/p>\n
Courtroom scenes<\/p>\n
Jones is sitting in the same chair he has sat in for most of the previous 54 days of this trial, taking notes.<\/p>\n
He has a small notebook and is regularly given a copy of the exhibits being discussed so that he can follow along.<\/p>\n
He is flanked by his legal team, who he often speaks to quietly during proceedings.<\/p>\n
McClymont was sent out of the room for about five minutes while there was some legal argument, but the issue has been resolved and she has returned.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:42amTue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:42am<\/p>\n
‘Not my area of expertise’<\/p>\n
McClymont is being asked about the impact her reporting about Jones had on the SMH\u2019s subscriber numbers and advertising revenue.<\/p>\n
“That is not my area of expertise,” she said. <\/p>\n
Bashir also put to McClymont that Jones was a “divisive figure”.<\/p>\n
“If you say so,” McClymont replied.<\/p>\n
“He’s cast as conservative leaning?” Bashir asked. <\/p>\n
“By some people, yes,” McClymont responded.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:33amTue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:33am<\/p>\n
Evidence in chief finishes<\/p>\n
McClymont has now finished her evidence in chief.<\/p>\n
Jones\u2019s barrister Gabrielle Bashir SC has started her cross-examination of the reporter.<\/p>\n
The editor of the SMH Jordan Baker\u00a0and deputy editor Nick Ralston are in court to support McClymont.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:19amTue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:19am<\/p>\n
Correspondence given to police<\/p>\n
McClymont says she sought further comment from Jones and his legal team before the publication of several other stories, which outlined allegations made by a number of complainants in the current proceedings.<\/p>\n
She did not send Jones draft copies of the articles prior to publication, the court heard.<\/p>\n
She remembers an occasion when she received a reply directly from Jones via text.<\/p>\n
The reporter said she provided all correspondence with Jones and his legal team to the police in a statement she made on August 30, 2024.<\/p>\n
Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:03amTue 3 Nov 2026 at 10:03am<\/p>\n
McClymont to give evidence soon<\/p>\n
Welcome to live coverage of investigative journalist\u00a0Kate McClymont’s evidence in court today.<\/p>\n
The author and award-winning reporter is giving evidence about her coverage of allegations against the defendant in the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue 3 Nov 2026 at 12:28pmTue 3 Nov 2026 at 12:28pm Conversation with complainant examined McClymont is now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[72202,375152,414953,414954,414952,64,63,273416,517409,44,414951,4277,84575,182874],"class_list":["post-950501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-alan-jones","tag-alan-jones-court-case","tag-alan-jones-indecent-assault-charges","tag-alan-jones-sexual-touching-charges","tag-alan-jones-trial","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fitzroy-falls","tag-kate-mcclymont","tag-news","tag-nsw-local-court","tag-nsw-police","tag-sydney-morning-herald","tag-sydney-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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