Lisa Wilkinson believed The Project had an “explosive political story” after being pitched an “extraordinary cover-up”, but her producer has admitted in court he did not have proof of some of the key claims.
The Project claimed in a 2021 broadcast that Brittany Higgins was “forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice” after she was allegedly raped in 2019 by a Liberal staffer on senator Linda Reynolds’ couch in Parliament House.