If the Coalition thought its female support base couldn’t get any smaller, this week suggests otherwise.
The Coalition began the week determined to prosecute who in Labor knew what and when about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation before it aired on 15 February 2021, in an attempt to show that the then opposition conspired to seek political advantage from the complaint. The issue was called into question by leaked text exchanges between Higgins and her partner, David Sharaz.
