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Maeve Bannister

Open minds urged in Bruce Lehrmann's trial

Bruce Lehrmann (centre) is standing trial accused of raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A jury has been told an ingrained culture of silence among political staffers initially stopped Brittany Higgins from reporting her alleged rape to police.

"I didn't know who to tell, how to action it or what to do," she told police in a February 2021 interview, which was played in court on Tuesday.

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