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Former Liberal staffer’s experience after alleging she was raped is an insight into how powerful institutions react when confronted with such allegations
Former government staffer Brittany Higgins on Friday announced she will lay a formal complaint to trigger a police investigation into her alleged 2019 rape by a colleague in Parliament House. In a statement, Higgins also said she had told Scott Morrison’s office she expected a voice in the framing of the inquiry into the conditions for ministers and staff. Her statement came amid fresh allegations, based on April 2019 text exchanges, that Morrison’s office was made aware of the rape allegation soon after the incident. Morrison says his office only learned of it last week, and he first kne...