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'I could not have consented': Higgins to colleague

A court heard Brittany Higgins was a 'broken soul' after being allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann and insisted she cannot have consented to have sex with him.

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An alleged rape in Parliament House is in court again – and Australia can’t look away

An allegation of rape, fiercely denied, in a ministerial office is being interrogated by weeks of testimony and cross-examination in a defamation trial brought by the accused

The Guardian - UK

Brittany Higgins in ‘tug of war’ over ‘desperately’ wanting to report alleged rape and wanting to keep job, court told

Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial also hears Higgins was ‘hysterical’ when she heard possibility of media inquiry about alleged assault being raised at Senate estimates

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Almost 20 schools closed in western parts of New South Wales as SA fire service warns of ‘unprecedented fire conditions’

The Guardian - AU

Michaelia Cash claims PM denied her right to defend herself before government paid $2.45m to Brittany Higgins

Liberal senator claims she was not allowed to participate in process that led to personal injury settlement between federal government and Higgins

The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann proceedings day 12 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins’ payout $2.4m, not $2.3m

Brittany Higgins received a settlement of $2.4 million from the Commonwealth with no admission of liability, contrary to what she told the Federal Court in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation suit, and broadcaster Alan Jones says he will sue over Nine newspapers’ allegations he indecently assaulted young men.

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Higgins in 'tug of war' between job and rape complaint

Brittany Higgins felt she could not keep her parliamentary job and go to police with an allegation she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann, her counsellor has said.

AAP

Bruce Lehrmann had ‘bad vibes’ and wasn’t someone former colleague wanted to spend time with, court hears

Nikita Irvine also says Brittany Higgins seemed ‘sad’ and told her about alleged assault in Parliament House

The Guardian - AU

Liberal senator sues ex-ACT prosecutor Shane Drumgold

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds has launched defamation action against the ACT government and former chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold over a letter.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Bruce Lehrmann had ‘bad vibes’, court hears; Israel and Hamas fight house-to-house; and a fruit-and-veg guide for December

An aide to Senator Linda Reynolds tells the federal court Bruce Lehrmann was not the ‘sort of person I would have socialised with’

The Guardian - AU

Seven’s glory bath, Haigh tears into the Oz, and an accidental cricket slur

An ex-Seven reporter has told Crikey that they ‘feel ashamed to have worked for Seven’, as the blowout from Lehrmann’s rent scandal continues.

Crikey

Bruce Lehrmann’s media payouts: $500k+

Bruce Lehrmann raked in more than half a million dollars from media organisations, and Simon Birmingham, opposition foreign affairs spokesman, will lead a group of cross-party MPs to Israel next week.

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Final question time of the year – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Lehrmann’s $450,000 payout, Hamas leader’s house ‘surrounded’, Taylor Swift speaks out

Court documents reveal News Corp and ABC paid damages to former Liberal staffer; Israel says it is closing in on Hamas leadership

Newcastle Herald

Maintenance should be council's main focus

Council's priority should be maintaining city facilities.

The Guardian - AU

Colleague raised Bruce Lehrmann’s treatment of Brittany Higgins weeks before alleged rape, court hears

Former Liberal staffer Nicky Hamer tells Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial she resigned from Linda Reynolds’ office over alleged behaviour

The Guardian - AU

News Corp agreed to pay Bruce Lehrmann $295,000 to settle defamation claim, court documents reveal

Payment revealed after ABC agreed to pay him $150,000 and remove Facebook video of Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame speech at National Press Club

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Afternoon Update: former Liberal staffer gives evidence in Lehrmann defamation case; US to place visa bans on some Israeli settlers; and first summer heatwave

Scientists warn many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer as carbon pollution heats the planet

The Guardian - AU

Seven paying Bruce Lehrmann’s rent exposes the ethical slippery slope of Chequebook Land

Exclusive rights to tabloid TV interviews are hammered out behind closed doors, leaving the public in the dark

AAP

Higgins, Lehrmann 'quite touchy' before alleged rape

Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins were touching each other and kissing passionately before her alleged rape on a senator's couch, a court has been told.

Crikey

Defamation is the new battleground of the culture wars

Politicians have always pursued defamation cases, but it’s hard to avoid the sense right-wing figures use defamation to pursue culture wars too.

The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann proceedings day 10 – as it happened

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Crikey

Turnbull’s a friend in deed for Macron

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has been building bridges over the troubled waters of Australia and France’s Scott Morrison-shipwrecked relationship, and the News Corp campaign to unseat Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk continues unabated.

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins volunteered to be defamation trial witness as she ‘would not let rapist become a millionaire’, court hears

Higgins also tells court she had ‘no issue’ with a second criminal trial but it was ruled out by her medical condition

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