Senate committee applies pressure over investigations into alleged rape of Brittany Higgins | 7.30

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The toxic culture of Parliament House was back on centre stage as Senators grilled officials about the progress of three separate inquiries into the case of Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.

Three months ago, she alleged that was she had been raped in a minister’s office in Parliament House in 2019. The police seem to have made progress with the criminal investigation, but the Morrison Government is less forthcoming about its own inquiries.

Chief political correspondent Laura Tingle reports.

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