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Brittany Higgins unavailable to give evidence but Bruce Lehrmann trial to continue, court told

Chief justice Lucy McCallum tells jury other witnesses to be called as rape trial enters second week

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins unavailable as trial of Bruce Lehrmann enters second week

A jury has been told former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins is unavailable in the trial of her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

ABC News

Brittany Higgins 'unavailable' for trial

Brittany Higgins was due to face further cross-examination but the jury was told she was unavailable to give evidence.

AAP

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Power and politics: how the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins sparked a reckoning

The trial concerning an alleged sexual assault in the heart of Canberra has heard about the effects of ‘party implications’ and the culture of parliament

The Guardian - AU

Trial opens for the case that ignited Australia's #MeToo movement

The trial of parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins' alleged rapist, which began on Tuesday and could last up to six weeks, may become one of the country's most-watched court cases in decades.

WEKU

Christian Porter allegations prompted Brittany Higgins to go public about her own alleged rape, court hears

Former Liberal staffer also told court she had thought of writing a book ‘to document her experience’ before receiving interest from publishers

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins feared information about alleged rape could flow to Peter Dutton, court hears

Higgins tells court she shared audio files before deleting them from her phone because she was worried about what the police might do with the contents

The Guardian - AU

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Brittany Higgins knew her partner sent documents about her alleged rape to journalists before her police interview, court hears

Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins is under cross-examination on the fourth day of the trial of her alleged rapist and former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

ABC News

Morning mail: Zelenskiy appeals to Australia, 37 dead in Thailand attack, Annie Ernaux’s Nobel win

Friday: Ukraine’s president has urged world leaders not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’. Plus: should Labor scrap the stage-three tax cuts?

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins reveals new book details

Former political staffer Brittany Higgins has revealed at her rape accused's trial details about a book deal she secured worth more than $320,000.

AAP

Brittany Higgins says alleged rape became ‘not about me’ as top journalists vied for story, court told

Higgins tells court she came forward to media to make cultural change but felt tension between Samantha Maiden and Lisa Wilkinson

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins kept dress unwashed and under her bed after alleged rape, court hears

Higgins also tells jury she felt ‘pressured’ to not pursue a police complaint against fellow political staffer Bruce Lerhmann

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins says she secretly recorded phone call with Michaelia Cash about alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann — who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of raping his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019 — continues in the Australian Capital Territory.

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Higgins 'not ashamed' of speaking to media

A jury has heard Brittany Higgins felt pressure not to proceed with a police complaint against her alleged rapist because it could impact the Liberal Party.

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The Independent UK

Brittany Higgins says she felt ‘trapped, not human’ during Australian parliament rape

Alleged victim is first witness to testify in high-profile rape case in Canberra

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins told police Bruce Lehrmann ‘made a pass’ at her weeks before alleged rape, court hears

Jurors shown 2021 police interviews with Higgins who says she rebuffed Lehrmann’s advances ‘mostly out of shock’ before alleged 2019 assault

ABC News

The Loop: Brittany Higgins takes the stand, AFL boss speaks on Hawthorn racism review, and Apple forced to change its chargers in the EU

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The Independent UK

Complainant testifies about Australian Parliament House rape

A government staffer has testified about being raped by a colleague in the Australian Parliament House and described her fears of not being believed because of the disparity in their workplace statuses

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The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann trial: Brittany Higgins told police she was ‘so scared’ of coming forward with allegations

In police interview played in court, former Liberal staffer says she awoke in Linda Reynolds’ office to find Lehrmann on top of her, which he denies

ABC News

Brittany Higgins told police she took pregnancy test after Bruce Lehrmann allegedly raped her

The ACT Supreme Court is told Brittany Higgins did not seek medical treatment for her alleged rape but did take a pregnancy test weeks later, while working on the federal election campaign in Perth.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: security firm data breach, UK cabinet in chaos, wave energy hopes

Wednesday: G4S employees had tax file numbers and bank account details posted online. Plus: the best films and shows to stream this month

AAP

Lehrmann 'made a pass' before alleged rape

Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins has described the moment she was allegedly raped by a colleague inside a minister's office at Parliament House.

The Independent UK

Trial begins of man accused of raping government worker in Australia’s parliament

Brittany Higgins says she was ‘as drunk as she’d ever been in her life’, something her lawyer says is proof she couldn’t consent

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer accuses Brittany Higgins of ‘erasing’ details from night of alleged rape

Steve Whybrow tells court Australians had been ‘sold a pup’ with Higgins’s allegations Lehrmann sexually assaulted her in Parliament House

The Independent UK

Man stands trial for rape in Australian Parliament House

A judge reminded potential jurors of the importance of impartiality at the rape trial of a former Australian government staffer

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