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Lisa Wilkinson motivated to tell Brittany Higgins story to be ‘champion for women who are being suppressed’, court documents show

Brittany Higgins Lisa Wilkinson Bruce Lehrmann Angus Llewellyn David Sharaz Julie Bishop The Project Project Scott Morrison Network Ten
Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson at the federal court of Australia in Sydney during the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial. Lehrmann is suing Wilkinson and her employer Network Ten over the interview with Brittany Higgins that was broadcast on The Project in 2021. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Lisa Wilkinson told Brittany Higgins and her partner, David Sharaz, that she was motivated to report on the alleged rape as she wanted to be a “champion for women who are being suppressed”, court documents show.

A 268-page transcript of a five-hour conversation Higgins and Sharaz had with Wilkinson and The Project producer Angus Llewellyn in 2021 was released by the federal court on Thursday.

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