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Lisa Wilkinson has been dropped from the witness stand in the Lehrmann rape trial as Brittany Higgins returns to court to resume her cross-examination on Friday. 

Brittany Higgins will resume cross-examination for the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial on Friday, a jury has been told. 

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins is unavailable to be cross-examined for the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial for a second consecutive day.

Brittany Higgins will be "unavailable" to appear as a witness for the second week of her former Liberal colleague Bruce Lehrmanns rape trial.

Brittany Higgins will be quizzed about secret recordings that she made, including one with a senior cabinet minister and her chief of staff, as her rape trial enters day four. 

In the messages, Brittany Higgins claimed she was literally assaulted in former defence minister Senator Linda Reynolds office but was offered no help.

The former Liberal staffer is the first witness in the criminal trial of Bruce Lehrmann, who she alleges sexually assaulted her inside Parliament House after a boozy night out in March, 2019.

Saturday is set to be a "dangerous day" for NSW with warnings of renewed river flooding. Sydney is experiencing its wettest year on record.

The former Liberal staffer recorded a phone conversation with her former boss Michaelia Cash, days after sh...