ACT Government to Respond to Lehrmann Inquiry Findings

ACT director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold leaves the ACT Supreme Court in Canberra, Australia, on Oct. 18, 2022. Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann is accused of raping a colleague Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

The ACT government’s response to an inquiry into how the justice system handled rape allegations by former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will be published early this week after widespread reporting of leaked findings.

A board of inquiry report has already resulted in the resignation of the ACT’s top prosecutor and could form the basis of a possible damages claim from ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.