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Janet Albrechtsen is an opinion columnist with The Australian. She has worked as a solicitor in commercial law, and attained a Doctorate of Juridical Studies from the University of Sydney. She has written for numerous other publications including the Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Age, and The Wall Street Journal.

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A statement given by Brittany Higgins outside of a Canberra courtroom has been referred to the Australian Federal Police and the ACT Supreme Court by Bruce Lehrmann.

Public hearing for Lehrmann trial probe

The inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins will hold its first public hearing on April 26.

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Linda Reynolds (L), Brittany Higgins (C) and Penny Wong (R)

At the heart of Linda Reynolds’ story is a gross hypocrisy

The same Labor women who talk a lot about wanting a safer, fairer work culture are the ones who perpetrated a cruel and unrelenting attack on Linda Reynolds.

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Senator Katy Gallagher (left) Senator Kristina Keneally and Senator Penny Wong are seen prior to the Incoming Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia David Hurley's swearing in ceremony in the Senate at Australian Parliament House, in Canberra, Monday, July 1, 2019. Mr Hurley was sworn in as Australia's 27th Governor-General today. (AAP Image/Sam Mooy) NO ARCHIVING

Gallagher ‘knew Higgins’ boyfriend before payout’

Katy Gallagher, whose department paid a large settlement to Brittany Higgins, ‘knew David Sharaz’ before Ms Higgins’ rape claims became public, Linda Reynolds says.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 18: Senator Linda Reynolds wipes a tear during Question Time in the Senate on February 18, 2021 in Canberra, Australia. Disturbing allegations have aired that a young political staffer, Brittany Higgins, was sexually assaulted on a couch whilst working for Senator ReynoldsÃ¢â¬â¢ office in Parliament House in 2019. Senator Reynolds has offered Ms Higgins an unreserved apology, but has not comprehensively answered a number of specific questions going to her knowledge of events and her actions in the aftermath. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

I paid Higgins ‘to make cow gibe go away’

Linda Reynolds says she paid former staffer Brittany Higgins over her ‘lying cow’ gibe, as she was ‘in no state’ to defend herself against a claim of defamation.

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Brittany Higgins holiday pics with partner David Sharaz in Maldives. January 2023. Picture: brittanyhiggins/Instagram

‘Secret’ email clouds Higgins compensation deal

A previously secret email has raised further questions about a multi-million dollar compensation payout to Brittany Higgins.

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Brittany Higgins photos - Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds (on left).

Doubts, devastation and a designer coat: the story you haven’t heard

When Brittany Higgins walked out of Parliament House on March 23, 2019, she was captured on CCTV wearing a Carla Zampatti jacket. That coat defines the gaping divide between the public’s perception of the Higgins saga and what others knew.

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‘Brittany thanked me for being a great boss’

Linda Reynolds, the former minister at the centre of the Brittany Higgins rape scandal, says media identities ruthlessly exploited her young staffer for political and personal gain | WATCH

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe takes part march from Parliament House to Flinder's Street Station during the Treaty Before Voice Invasion Day Protest on January 26, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. Many indigenous Australians refer to the day as 'Invasion Day' and there is a growing movement to change the date to one which can be celebrated by all Australians. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Sovereignty at the heart of the Voice

Firebrand senator Lidia Thorpe has exposed the voice as just a step towards full black sovereignty.

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‘Kick in the guts’: reno texts in Higgins trial a weird whodunit

Who was using chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold’s phone to text his builder while Brittany Higgins’ evidence was being heard?

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 27, 2022:Bruce Lehrmann is the man accused of the sexual assault of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins. He arrived with his lawyers at the Magistrates Court in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Apologise and pay compo or I’ll sue, Lehrmann tells ABC

Bruce Lehrmann has warned the ABC he will sue for defamation over its broadcast of the National Press Club address by Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame.

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