The nation’s top cop has sent a strongly worded letter to the PM in the wake of the Brittany Higgins rape scandal over delays in reporting alleged crimes.
The nation’s top cop has sent a strongly worded letter to the PM in the wake of the Brittany Higgins rape scandal over delays in reporting alleged crimes.
Brittany Higgins s rape allegations encourage more women to come forward to report sexual assault
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Brittany Higgins s allegations have prompted a surge of complaints to federal police.
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The intense publicity surrounding Brittany Higgins s alleged rape in a ministerial office has prompted a surge of women reporting sexual assault to police in the nation s capital.
Key points:
Some of the fresh allegations relate to other incidents at Parliament House with different perpetrators
Two formal complaints have been made to police about the man who allegedly raped Ms Higgins
Police have yet to speak to the man about the allegations
The nation’s top cop has sent a strongly worded letter to the PM in the wake of the Brittany Higgins rape scandal over delays in reporting alleged crimes.