Tag: Brittany Higgins

Rape Culture

Did the Morrison Government cover up an alleged in-house rape? – The Shot

Did the Morrison Government try and cover up the rape of a 24-year-old staffer? Or did key players in Reynolds and Morrison’s offices simply hope like hell the whole thing would go away, offering minimal support to a vulnerable victim while being too quick to move on to the political priority of a looming Federal election, leaving the young staffer with nowhere to turn as she struggled desperately with the after-effects of a life-changing assault?

Source: Did the Morrison Government cover up an alleged in-house rape? – The Shot

Australian Scams, financial scams

Bruce Lehrmann attempts a $12 million shakedown from Australian taxpayers with the help of his puppet master Kerry Stokes and Channel 7Kangaroo Court of Australia

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According to Shane Dowling

Billionaire Kerry Stokes is Bruce Lehrmann’s puppet master for all his media interviews for 12 months which shows up in a contract Lehrmann signed with Stokes’ Channel Seven on either the 2nd of April or the 21st of April 2023.

Kerry Stokes’ Seven, as per the video below, is also the one driving a compensation payout of $12 million for Bruce Lehrmann for the claimed damage that has been done to his reputation and life by the Brittany Higgins rape allegation.

Bruce Lehrmann’s contract with Kerry Stokes’ Seven is similar to the contract that Ben Roberts-Smith signed with Seven to get funding for his defamation case against Nine Entertainment’s newspapers. Once Ben Roberts-Smith’s dodgy deal with Seven was exposed the deal was transferred to Kerry Stokes’ private company Australian Capital Equity.

Part of the Ben Roberts-Smith / Kerry Stokes deal stated that if Ben Roberts-Smith won his defamation case Kerry Stokes would get his costs back as well as 15% of the damages paid to Ben Roberts-Smith.

Given the above, there has to be a real possibility that Seven and/or Kerry Stokes are funding Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case which would help explain why Seven are pushing an ever-increasing compensation payout amount for Lehrmann which is currently sitting at $12 million.

 

Source: Bruce Lehrmann attempts a $12 million shakedown from Australian taxpayers with the help of his puppet master Kerry Stokes and Channel 7Kangaroo Court of Australia

Rape Culture

Anatomy of a rape: Brittany Higgins takes the stand – The Shot

Trigger warning: this article contains descriptions of an alleged sexual assault that people, especially victims of sexual assault, might find traumatic. Please exercise caution and care.

Source: Anatomy of a rape: Brittany Higgins takes the stand – The Shot

Media

Shane Drumgold: Brittany Higgins attacks conduct of ACT police who investigated Bruce Lehrmann

Brittany Higgins has attacked the conduct of police who were assigned to investigate her rape complaint.

When a complainant in a rape trial makes public her opinion describing the way she was treated by police The Age reports it as “an attack”. When the description refers to the way the police investigators behaved it appears as if “they were doing their job”. Despite the fact that even the chief investigator disagreed with his team. Does anybody else see the inherent bias against Brittany in this report called “news”?

Brittany Higgins has launched an attack against the attitudes of the police who investigated her rape claim, saying they were disgraced by their own conduct, rather than the accusations of the ex-ACT chief prosecutor.

Source: Shane Drumgold: Brittany Higgins attacks conduct of ACT police who investigated Bruce Lehrmann

Media

Bruce Lehrmann outs himself as a serial rapist by failing to sue media over other alleged rape victimsKangaroo Court of Australia

Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann

Bruce Lehrmann has at least 2 other alleged rape victims, but he has not sued them for defamation or sued the media who have published reports about their alleged rapes by Bruce Lehrmann.

The articles are still freely available on the internet, and will likely be there forever, which is very telling given that Bruce Lehrmann is currently suing the media for claiming he raped Brittany Higgins. In fact, the ABC have reported all 3 alleged rapes, but Lehrmann is only suing them for one alleged rape which makes no sense unless the other 2 rapes are true.

Source: Bruce Lehrmann outs himself as a serial rapist by failing to sue media over other alleged rape victimsKangaroo Court of Australia

Law

Our law and order violate women – Pearls and Irritations

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“brutal places for women – whether their children have died, or they have been beaten, raped, duped or misrepresented. The questions that should be pursued are left hanging, while bit players cry foul and some journalists dig dirt like they are the only ones seeking the truth. Meanwhile the accused rapist gets a soft interview where he admits he lied, and all of his explanations are open to challenge. The DPP is hung out to dry, and the very woman whose appointed job is to support victims is attacked for doing her job. In all this the police are shown to be ignorant and cowardly non-upholders of the law. The substantive matter is sidelined, and the woman who spoke about the rape is neglected, and abandoned, her dignity and privacy shredded. She’s on trial by the media, and now the plaything of Peter Dutton and his colleagues”.

Source: Our law and order violate women – Pearls and Irritations

Australian Politics

The Katy Gallagher Higgins witch-hunt: Australian media’s cognitive dissonance

Suffice to say, if Katy Gallagher needs to resign over Brittany Higgins’ sexual assault allegations or “misleading the parliament” over this issue, she would need to take a number and join the queue.

Source: The Katy Gallagher Higgins witch-hunt: Australian media’s cognitive dissonance

Fight against Fake News, Fighting Fake News

Old Dog Thought- The things we should know but aren’t allowed to for example the source of government knowledge

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 22/5/23; Scott Morrison, Brittany Higgins, Cosultancy Contracts;

Informed Comment

Bruce Lehrmann would have been found guilty of raping Brittany Higgins except for one juror Shane Drumgold SC told Inquiry. Another Joh’s Jury? Kangaroo Court of Australia

Facts

Shane Drumgold SC told the ACT Inquiry into the police cover-up attempt of the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins that he believes 11 of the 12 jurors would have found Bruce Lehrmann guilty of raping Brittany Higgins, as per the below video, and the one he believes would not was the same juror who caused the trial being aborted.

Source: Bruce Lehrmann would have been found guilty of raping Brittany Higgins except for one juror Shane Drumgold SC told Inquiry. Another Joh’s Jury? Kangaroo Court of Australia

LNP

Linda Reynolds launches defamation action against Brittany Higgins’s partner David Sharaz – ABC News

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Liberal senator Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins’s partner over tweets he made that she alleges defamed her.

Ms Higgins was working in Ms Reynolds’ Canberra Ministerial office when she was allegedly raped by a colleague.

Subsequent legal proceedings against the accused were abandoned in October and then a planned retrial was dropped by the prosecution.

In fresh court documents lodged in Western Australia’s Supreme Court, Ms Reynolds has accused Mr Higgins’s partner, David Sharaz, of defaming her in two tweets from the account @SharazDavid in January and December last year.

In the writ issued through her lawyer, Martin Bennett, Ms Reynolds alleged the tweets were “falsely defamatory” and thereby caused her “loss and damage”.

The Perth-based senator is demanding Mr Sharaz pay aggravated damages and interest at a rate of 6 per cent since they were published.

Source: Linda Reynolds launches defamation action against Brittany Higgins’s partner David Sharaz – ABC News

Under Investigation

ACT government to launch Lehrmann inquiry – Michael West

For whose benefit?

The ACT government will launch an independent inquiry into the prosecution of the man accused of raping ex-Liberal party staffer Brittany Higgins was handled.

Source: ACT government to launch Lehrmann inquiry – Michael West

Women

Brittany Higgins’ bravery exposes struggle for women’s legal rights

The miscarriage of justice in the Bruce Lehrmann trial has highlighted the weakness in our democratic institutions and the betrayal of women such as Brittany Higgins, writes Dr Jennifer Wilson.

Source: Brittany Higgins’ bravery exposes struggle for women’s legal rights

Rape Culture

Integrity watchdog to examine allegations of police misconduct during Bruce Lehrmann case | Australia news | The Guardian

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A case for the Prosecution vs the case for the AFP aren’t they on the same side? If so who is Brittany?

Drumgold’s letter, released under freedom of information, made a series of extraordinary allegations about police conduct during the investigation and trial stages, saying he felt there was “a very clear campaign to pressure” him not to prosecute the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.

He alleged investigators had bullied Higgins, forcing her to insulate herself from further contact with them, and that police “clearly aligned with the successful defence of this matter” during the trial.

Drumgold told Gaughan he wanted a public inquiry into police and political conduct during the case.

Integrity watchdog to examine allegations of police misconduct during Bruce Lehrmann case | Australia news | The Guardian

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Bruce Lehrmann case: police union condemns ‘smears’ against investigators and backs calls for judicial inquiry

Justice

Brittany Higgins looks to fresh legal action after trial dropped

Fighting the System is far more effective than simply another case heard and judged.

Brittany Higgins has vowed to fight for a better justice system after reports she plans to launch a compensation claim against her former employer and a Coalition minister.

Source: Brittany Higgins looks to fresh legal action after trial dropped

Justice

Higgins’ story sparks reform conversation – Michael West

A prosecutor’s decision to drop charges against the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins in a parliamentary office has sparked calls for changes to how the justice system supports complainants.

Source: Higgins’ story sparks reform conversation – Michael West

Women

Retrial of Bruce Lehrmann for sexual assault will not go ahead

Bruce Lehrmann arrives at court on Thursday

LEHRMANN CHARGES TO BE DROPPED

The retrial of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will not go ahead, with charges against Lehrmann reportedly to be dropped, according to news.com.au’s Samatha Maiden. She reports new medical evidence showed a second trial would be far too damaging to Higgins’ mental health. ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold will front the media at 10am AEDT — Maiden says he’ll use his prosecutorial discretion to drop the charge against Lehrmann. Drumgold refused to confirm it to the reporter, but news.com.au says it has confirmed it. Former Liberal staffer Lehrmann has always said he is innocent of the rape allegation — his first trial was aborted because a member of the jury did their own research, Guardian Australia reported at the time.

Source: Retrial of Bruce Lehrmann for sexual assault will not go ahead

Justice

Senator denies knowing about Higgins’ alleged rape

brittany higgins michaelia cash

Senator Cash a Senior Minister in the Morrison Government expects her sworn evidence to be believed.

A jury also heard Senator Cash did not know about the rape accusation until two years after it had allegedly occurred.

Source: Senator denies knowing about Higgins’ alleged rape

Informed Comment

Morrison’s Higgins investigation a very revealing cover-up: FLASHBACK 2021

The Bruce Lehrmann trial is in its second week, with many concerned about the well-being of Brittany Higgins after her unavailability to attend the trial.

In this article from 2021, managing editor Michelle Pini examined the despicable way the Morrison Government turned its back on Higgins and tried to cover up the scandal.

Source: Morrison’s Higgins investigation a very revealing cover-up: FLASHBACK 2021

LNP

Parliament’s Department of Cover-Ups faces bullying claims, tangle of lawsuits – Michael West

Parliament House, Department of Parliamentary Services, Meyer Vandenberg, defamation, Brittany Higgins

The Government department which covered up the security report into the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins is also the department found to have a culture of bullying, and is also the department whose staffer is threatening multiple legal actions against small publishers and other Australians. What is going on at Parliament House? Michael West investigates the Department of Parliamentary Services.

Source: Parliament’s Department of Cover-Ups faces bullying claims, tangle of lawsuits – Michael West

Scott Morrison

Brittany Higgins hospitalised and receiving support ‘after months of political pressure’ | Australian politics | The Guardian

Brittany Higgins

Higgins remains engaged with the Australian federal police and it will be known within weeks whether or not her sexual assault complaint will be prosecuted. Morrison’s ‘investigations’ into Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation are yet more smirk and mirrors Penny Wong Read more The AFP commissioner, Reece Kershaw, told a Senate committee last week that “a brief of evidence is likely to be provided to the ACT director of public prosecutions in coming weeks”.

Source: Brittany Higgins hospitalised and receiving support ‘after months of political pressure’ | Australian politics | The Guardian