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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 · Dec 7, 2023

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 · Dec 7, 2023

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 · Dec 7, 2023

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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 · Dec 7, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

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Newcastle Herald · Dec 6, 2023

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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 · Dec 6, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

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

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

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.

AAP · Dec 6, 2023

Lehrmann proceedings day 10 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

Afternoon Update: Higgins challenged over account of alleged rape; EV sales up 50k in last year; and NYC woman dies in garbage chute

Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister casts doubt over how drunk Brittany Higgins was on the night of the alleged rape at Parliament House

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Lehrmann proceedings day nine – as it happened

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AAP · Dec 4, 2023

Higgins denies attempt to 'blow up' rape retrial

Brittany Higgins has rejected assertions a speech she gave after the jury was discharged in Bruce Lehrmann's criminal case was designed to derail a retrial.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023

Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: two lives in the balance over the rape allegations dividing Australia

In a dramatic week in court, Lehrmann was cross-examined for the first time over the allegation he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in Canberra, which he strenuously denies

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023

Brittany Higgins wore dress she was allegedly raped in to Liberal function weeks later to ‘reclaim it’, court hears

Former Liberal staffer tells federal court defamation trial she initially thought she could ‘disassociate’ from the alleged rape

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023

Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins cross-examination continues; Smithsonian returns Indigenous remains; and first LGBTQ+ couple legally weds in south Asia

Higgins says she wore white pencil dress at Liberal party function after the alleged rape because she was ‘trying to reclaim it’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023

Lehrmann proceedings day eight - as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023

Morning Mail: Labor faces carbon crunch, theatre crisis deepens, Shane MacGowan dies

Approval awaits for 30 fossil fuel projects that could release 22bn tonnes of carbon

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

Bruise may not have been from alleged rape: Higgins

Brittany Higgins has been quizzed over a bruise allegedly sustained on the night of her claimed rape at Parliament House in Canberra.

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023

Brittany Higgins visibly angry and in tears as Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister accuses her of lying about alleged rape

Higgins tells court ‘it wasn’t my primary concern where my dress was’ during alleged rape as she faces questions under cross-examination

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023

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The former Liberal staffer broke down in tears as she told a defamation trial she was more concerned about being raped than about her dress

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