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Schools close amid public sector strike action around Tasmania over pay and conditions

Inside Parliament House in Hobart, the debate focused on the public sector pay offer, cost of living and inflation — but outside, where thousands of striking workers gathered, there was far more at stake than the annual percentage increase.

ABC News

‘Like colonisation all over again’: Torres Strait Islanders build seawall at Parliament House

Traditional owners from the Torres Strait built a wall of seabags in Canberra to call for stronger action against climate change.

The New Daily

Bruce Lehrmann to face retrial next year over alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, prosecutor confirms

The Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that the former Liberal Party staffer will be retried over the alleged rape of his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.

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Australian court discharges jury in parliament rape case

An Australian court discharged a jury on Thursday in the trial of a former government adviser accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in Parliament House, after it said a juror got access to details that were not submitted as evidence.

Reuters

What the jury heard in court before it was discharged in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann

In the wake of what has now been declared a mistrial, remains a little over two weeks of hearings and testimony about the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

ABC News

Mistrial in parliament rape case after problematic research enters jury room

"Material has entered the jury room that ought not to have," the trial judge said.

Newcastle Herald

Jury to continue on Lehrmann deliberations

Members of the jury will continue considering their verdict in the trial of a man accused of raping his former colleague inside Parliament House.

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$325k question mark over Higgins' account

Brittany Higgins' credibility is being scrutinised by the prosecution and defence in the trial of the man she accuses of raping her inside Parliament House.

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Defence and prosecution lawyers make closing arguments in ACT Supreme Court trial of Bruce Lehrmann

Prosecutors and defence lawyers in the case of Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019, finish summing up their case to the jury.

ABC News

Second week of Bruce Lehrmann rape trial sees his police interview and parliamentary witnesses testify in ACT Supreme Court

Bruce Lehrmann faces the second week of his trial for allegedly raping his former colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.

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Court hears Lehrmann's conflicting stories

Bruce Lehrmann told security, police and his boss different reasons for being at Parliament House the night he's accused of rape, his trial jury has heard.

AAP

Parliamentary security found Brittany Higgins naked 'in foetal position' after alleged rape, court hears

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann hears from witnesses who worked in Parliament House at the time he allegedly raped his colleague in 2019.

ABC News

Bruce Lehrmann told police he wanted to die after learning he was accused of raping Brittany Higgins

Bruce Lehrmann, who has pleaded not guilty to raping a colleague inside Parliament House, says he learned about the allegation from a journalist.

ABC News

Bruce Lehrmann told police he ‘wouldn’t dream’ of entering minister’s office where he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, court told

Court hears former Liberal staffer, who has pleaded not guilty, told police neither he nor Higgins was very drunk when they went to Parliament House in the early hours of the morning

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PM’s office was told of alleged rape of Brittany Higgins 11 days after the event, court hears

Confidant of Higgins tells court he told an adviser about alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, with her permission. Lehrmann denies the charge

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins seemed ‘broken’ after alleged rape in Parliament House, her mother tells court

Family friends and colleagues testify that Higgins’s demeanour changed drastically after the night she alleges she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann, who denies the charge

The Guardian - AU

Bali bombings: Albanese to pay tribute to victims of act of ‘calculated depravity’

Memorial services to be held across Australia including at Parliament House and in Perth, where many victims were sent for treatment

ABC News

Brittany Higgins again unavailable in ACT Supreme Court on sixth day of Bruce Lehrmann's trial

Brittany Higgins remains unavailable to give evidence on the sixth day of Bruce Lehrmann's trial for her alleged rape in Parliament House in 2019.

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Move to ban fundraising from parliament

Parliament's speaker and president have reportedly agreed to a request from the prime minister to ban political fundraisers inside Parliament House.

ABC News

Brittany Higgins says she secretly recorded phone call with Michaelia Cash about alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann — who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of raping his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019 — continues in the Australian Capital Territory.

AAP

Higgins 'not ashamed' of speaking to media

A jury has heard Brittany Higgins felt pressure not to proceed with a police complaint against her alleged rapist because it could impact the Liberal Party.

AAP

Lehrmann 'made a pass' before alleged rape

Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins has described the moment she was allegedly raped by a colleague inside a minister's office at Parliament House.

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer accuses Brittany Higgins of ‘erasing’ details from night of alleged rape

Steve Whybrow tells court Australians had been ‘sold a pup’ with Higgins’s allegations Lehrmann sexually assaulted her in Parliament House

The Independent UK

Man stands trial for rape in Australian Parliament House

A judge reminded potential jurors of the importance of impartiality at the rape trial of a former Australian government staffer

ABC News

Trial of Brittany Higgins's alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann begins in ACT Supreme Court

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann appears in court, charged with raping his then colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in March 2019.

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