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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

The Independent UK

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

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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.

ABC News

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

AAP

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

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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 Guardian - AU

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

The Independent UK

Trial of Brittany Higgins's alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann begins in ACT Supreme Court

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann appears in court, charged with raping his then colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in March 2019.

ABC News

Bruce Lehrmann accused in court of lying about why he went to Parliament House on night of alleged assault

Trial of Lehrmann, who denies allegations he sexually assaulted Brittany Higgins in 2019, begins in ACT supreme court

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann’s trial for alleged rape of Brittany Higgins to begin in Canberra

Chief justice Lucy McCallum to preside over two-month trial in ACT supreme court which had been delayed due to pretrial publicity

The Guardian - AU

Open minds urged in Bruce Lehrmann's trial

Brittany Higgins said "no" half a dozen times after waking up to find accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann having sex with her, his sexual assault trial has been told.

AAP

Australian taxpayers paid $110,000 for federal ministers’ legal bills in last financial year

Documents reveal legal assistance was approved for former PM Scott Morrison in relation to a defamation claim made against him on 9 June 2020

The Guardian - AU

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The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins’s Twitter followers may have to excuse themselves from jury, judge says

ACT chief justice says potential jurors who have seen Higgins speak publicly on the allegations must ‘search their souls’ about impartiality in case against Bruce Lehrmann

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins to take stand in Bruce Lehrmann rape trial

Former Liberal staffer to give additional evidence to court alongside her complaints to police and a reporter about the alleged 2019 sexual assault at Parliament House

AAP

No 'legal basis' for Higgins' TV interview

The prosecution in the Brittany Higgins case will not rely on interviews with Network Ten's The Project during the trial of the man accused of raping her.

AAP

Lawyers argue for Higgins' phone evidence

Lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann, charged with the sexual assault of former political staffer Brittany Higgins, are fighting for access to evidence.

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The Guardian - AU

Judge in Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape case doesn’t want pre-trial issues to ‘kibosh’ October start date

Lawyers for accused Bruce Lehrmann, who is pleading not guilty, indicate plans to subpoena police for document as judge warns against ‘chasing’ minor cross-examination points

The Guardian - AU

Ita Buttrose puts Chris Kenny in his place as Sky News’s ABC doco draws blanks

The Sky News host, who tried unsuccessfully to interview the ABC chair, had little luck with a more direct approach. Plus: union sausage sizzle flames out

The Guardian - AU

Lisa Wilkinson to refrain from publicly discussing Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation, court hears

Channel 10 and Wilkinson will promise not to make public comments after trial of Bruce Lehrmann was delayed to 4 October

ABC News

Judge urges Lisa Wilkinson not to make further comments about Brittany Higgins as Bruce Lehrmann's trial date delayed until October

The trial of the man who has pleaded not guilty to raping Brittany Higgins is delayed until October 4, due to recent publicity of the case, including Lisa Wilkinson's Logies speech.

AAP

New trial date for alleged Higgins rapist

The trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins in a minister's office at Parliament House has been delayed due to intense publicity of the case.

The Conversation

Why was the Brittany Higgins trial delayed, and what is 'contempt of court'? A legal expert's view on the Lisa Wilkinson saga

The judge in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, the staffer alleged to have raped Brittany Higgins, ruled on Tuesday, “regrettably and with gritted teeth”, that his trial will need to be delayed.

ABC News

Judge takes aim at Lisa Wilkinson's mention of Brittany Higgins in Logies speech as Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial delayed

Brittany Higgins's accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann is granted a temporary stay on his trial after journalist Lisa Wilkinson, who interviewed Ms Higgins, gave a speech at the Logie Awards on Sunday night.

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