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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Australian federal police fails to hand over evidence from investigation into alleged rape of Brittany Higgins to inquiry

AFP headquarters are seen in Canberra
The AFP reportedly raised concerns that a full brief of evidence exceeded 100,000 pages and it would take a long time to ‘review the material’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Australian federal police has not handed over evidence from the investigation into the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins to an inquiry into how police handled the case.

Documents published by the board of inquiry after a preliminary directions hearing on Thursday reveal the AFP is yet to hand over thousands of documents to the inquiry.

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