Bruce Lehrmann, Brittany Higgins defamation trial live updates: Lisa Wilkinson takes to the witness box as cop's extraordinary handwritten diary notes are revealed

Lisa Wilkinson will be called to the witness stand at 10.15am on Thursday.

She will not aim to prove that Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann - instead, she'll try to prove that she did everything in her power to prepare a fair report for The Project broadcast of the allegations.

For Wilkinson, it could be a career-saving move.

Her TV career was paused in the wake of her disastrous Logies acceptance speech in 2022, which she won for her interview with Ms Higgins.

The speech led to Mr Lehrmann's criminal trial being delayed by three months and she faced heavy criticism.

On Thursday, she is expected to try and redeem herself.

She is expected to be asked about her negative views on Coalition minister Linda Reynolds, after she was recorded taking aim at the former defence industry minister in a five-hour recorded meeting with Ms Higgins - a few weeks before the show was broadcast.

'I've so got Linda Reynolds in my sights now,' she said.

Network Ten producer, Angus Llewellyn, was cross-examined by Mr Lehrmann's barrister Matthew Richardson SC on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mr Llewellyn appeared to fumble on the witness stand while trying to explain why he accepted Ms Higgins' version of events so readily.

Namely, why he didn't notice that Ms Higgins airdropped him a screenshot of a photo of a bruise that was taken at 8.45am on January 27, 2021.

In her statutory declaration, she said the photo was caused by Mr Lehrmann's knee during the alleged rape, and was taken just days after in April 2019.

He failed to ask Ms Higgins for the metadata, relied only on her word, and put the photo to air - telling viewers it was an injury as a result of the alleged rape.

Mr Llewellyn also couldn't explain why he didn't quiz Ms Higgins over various inconsistencies in her version of events.

One example was a claim that she was not supported by Linda Reynolds and her chief of staff Fiona Brown, and was forced to choose between her job and pursuing an official police complaint.

In her televised interview with Wilkinson, Ms Higgins said Senator Reynolds and Ms Brown were 'nice' but seemed to imply she had a feeling her job was on the line.

Mr Llewellyn told the court he didn't discuss the finer details with Wilkinson.

Wilkinson hired Sue Chrysanthou SC to represent her rather than using Network Ten's lawyers.