Tensions between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have reached boiling point over the now-abandoned trial of former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who was charged with the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in Canberra in 2019.
In a letter, obtained under freedom of information (FOI) law by the Guardian, chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold wrote to the ACT's chief police officer, calling for a public inquiry into political and police conduct during the prosecution.