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Lehrmann proceedings day 13 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

'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

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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

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.

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Lehrmann proceedings day 11 – 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

The Guardian - AU

Higgins 'very broken' after alleged parliamentary rape

A close confidant of Brittany Higgins has told a court she was sobbing in his arms days after being allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann on a minister's couch.

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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.

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Lehrmann proceedings day 10 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann proceedings day nine – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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

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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

Lehrmann proceedings day eight - as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Wilko collapse: regulators urged to try to claw back millions in dividends

Commons committee says money should be recovered from founding family ‘so pensioners are not short-changed’

The Guardian - AU

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

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Lehrmann proceedings day seven – as it happened

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Higgins denies fabricating Parliament House rape claim

Brittany Higgins has stood by her claim she was sexually assaulted on a federal minister's couch and denied suggestions she lied about it to keep her job.

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins felt ‘hurt’ and ‘abandoned’ by Liberal party after alleging Bruce Lehrmann raped her

Former Liberal staffer tells defamation trial she was upset ‘all these good people did nothing’ in her time of need

The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann proceedings day six – as it happened

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The Canberra Times

Higgins set to give 'graphic and distressing evidence' in trial

Lehrmann's case 'misconceived' and 'bound to fail', court told

The Guardian - UK

Morally, the Wilko family should look at themselves in the mirror

Why should a holding company be able to insulate itself when employees’ pensions are being hit?

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Higgins says she couldn't scream during alleged rape

Brittany Higgins has detailed her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann and criticised the government response while testifying at his Federal Court defamation trial.

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