The Labor government stands accused of seeking to “politically profit” from Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.
Higgins reached a compensation agreement with the Commonwealth in December 2022 after she launched legal action against her employers in the previous coalition government.
Higgins alleged she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann in 2019 inside the office of then-Coalition minister Linda Reynolds, who they both worked for.
Lehrmann has always denied Higgins’ allegation.
Text messages between Higgins and her partner David Sharaz emerged this week suggesting the pair contemplated strategising her story with Labor minister Katy Gallagher, when she was in opposition, after the rape allegation was made public….