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The Latest Breaking News from Parliament House

From Eugowra to Canberra: nine tonnes of Parliament House granite

It be part of what is hoped will one day be a National Rock Garden in Canberra

The Canberra Times

‘Right to be scared’: Brittany Higgins and the harsh realities about justice and power

Former Liberal staffer’s experience after alleging she was raped is an insight into how powerful institutions react when confronted with such allegations

The Guardian - AU

Lehrmann trial discontinued: when prosecution isn't in the public interest

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shane Drumgold today announced that the charges against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019, have been withdrawn.

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Public 'strangers' no more with SA Parliament changing name of lower house viewing gallery

The Stranger's Gallery in the lower house of South Australia's Parliament House has its name changed to be more welcoming after a push by visiting primary school students.

ABC News

Rape charge dropped against Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold says the charge will be dropped because it is "no longer in the public interest to pursue a prosecution at the risk of the complainant's life".

ABC News

Brush with immortality for ex-PM Abbott

A portrait of former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott, by artist Johannes Leak, has been unveiled at Parliament House in Canberra.

AAP

Calls for visa permanency for refugees

More than 1000 protesters are set to rally outside Parliament House calling for permanency visas for asylum seekers.

AAP

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Worst People In Aus Gather At Parliament House To See Worst Man On YouTube Jordan Peterson

Invited by known coal simp Matt Canavan of course.

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Court to hear secret application in Parliament House rape case

The courtroom will be closed to everyone except court officers, lawyers and parties to the case.

The Canberra Times

Schools close amid public sector strike action around Tasmania over pay and conditions

Inside Parliament House in Hobart, the debate focused on the public sector pay offer, cost of living and inflation — but outside, where thousands of striking workers gathered, there was far more at stake than the annual percentage increase.

ABC News

‘Like colonisation all over again’: Torres Strait Islanders build seawall at Parliament House

Traditional owners from the Torres Strait built a wall of seabags in Canberra to call for stronger action against climate change.

The New Daily

Bruce Lehrmann to face retrial next year over alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, prosecutor confirms

The Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that the former Liberal Party staffer will be retried over the alleged rape of his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.

ABC News

Australian court discharges jury in parliament rape case

An Australian court discharged a jury on Thursday in the trial of a former government adviser accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in Parliament House, after it said a juror got access to details that were not submitted as evidence.

Reuters

What the jury heard in court before it was discharged in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann

In the wake of what has now been declared a mistrial, remains a little over two weeks of hearings and testimony about the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

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Newcastle Herald

Mistrial in parliament rape case after problematic research enters jury room

"Material has entered the jury room that ought not to have," the trial judge said.

AAP

Jury to continue on Lehrmann deliberations

Members of the jury will continue considering their verdict in the trial of a man accused of raping his former colleague inside Parliament House.

AAP

$325k question mark over Higgins' account

Brittany Higgins' credibility is being scrutinised by the prosecution and defence in the trial of the man she accuses of raping her inside Parliament House.

ABC News

Defence and prosecution lawyers make closing arguments in ACT Supreme Court trial of Bruce Lehrmann

Prosecutors and defence lawyers in the case of Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019, finish summing up their case to the jury.

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Second week of Bruce Lehrmann rape trial sees his police interview and parliamentary witnesses testify in ACT Supreme Court

Bruce Lehrmann faces the second week of his trial for allegedly raping his former colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.

AAP

Court hears Lehrmann's conflicting stories

Bruce Lehrmann told security, police and his boss different reasons for being at Parliament House the night he's accused of rape, his trial jury has heard.

ABC News

Bruce Lehrmann told police he wanted to die after learning he was accused of raping Brittany Higgins

Bruce Lehrmann, who has pleaded not guilty to raping a colleague inside Parliament House, says he learned about the allegation from a journalist.

ABC News

Parliamentary security found Brittany Higgins naked 'in foetal position' after alleged rape, court hears

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann hears from witnesses who worked in Parliament House at the time he allegedly raped his colleague in 2019.

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann told police he ‘wouldn’t dream’ of entering minister’s office where he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, court told

Court hears former Liberal staffer, who has pleaded not guilty, told police neither he nor Higgins was very drunk when they went to Parliament House in the early hours of the morning

The Guardian - AU

PM’s office was told of alleged rape of Brittany Higgins 11 days after the event, court hears

Confidant of Higgins tells court he told an adviser about alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, with her permission. Lehrmann denies the charge

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins seemed ‘broken’ after alleged rape in Parliament House, her mother tells court

Family friends and colleagues testify that Higgins’s demeanour changed drastically after the night she alleges she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann, who denies the charge

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