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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Higgins challenged over account of alleged rape; EV sales up 50k in last year; and NYC woman dies in garbage chute

Brittany Higgins (left) departs the federal court of Australia in Sydney on Friday. On Tuesday Higgins was again back in the witness box.
Brittany Higgins (left) departs the federal court of Australia in Sydney on Friday. On Tuesday Higgins was again back in the witness box. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Good afternoon. Brittany Higgins was back in the witness box in her fourth day of testimony, meaning she has spent longer in the box than Bruce Lehrmann in his defamation proceedings against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

Higgins was challenged by Lehrmann’s barrister, Steve Whybrow SC, over her account of the alleged rape that took place at Parliament House, including casting doubt over how drunk she was.

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