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Jan 12·edited Jan 13

It appears obvious, that Higgins has honesty issues. Her manipulations gained her 2.4 million of taxpayers' money. Hopefully, the day will come when politicians are chosen once again for what they can do for their country

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Bettina you are the one with the problematic thinking. You are not my friend.

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In a discussion last night a male friend has trouble understanding why his wife and her friends do not support Brittany Higgins.

It is almost a forbidden topic where some women do not believe other what other women are saying.

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This is not over by a long shot. Dribs and drabs of information will be uncovered.

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OMG, Kay, didn't you read the memo, "Believe All Women".

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One of the criteria for Prosecution ‘ is there evidence?’ The Prosecution ignored the police recommendation & went to trial. Why? Would this be normal in any other case, I think not. It is apparent Prosecution ignored police recommendations and proceeded, they also allowed much public commentary to the media & then took the outrageous step of dropping the case on mental health grounds. This would seem deliberate to give the impression his decision was only to give Brittany Higgins any easy way out and the same time leaving doubt of innocence of Bruce. Then to heap blame on the police was outrageous, this man got way to personally involved. How many other cases has this man prosecuted in such a unprofessional way.

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The more I read this and other of Bettina's articles and think about this case and what is written on the internet.. which is not much in the scheme of things.. the phrase: 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark' comes to mind... finally my nose is turning up with disgust...

https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/something-rotten-state-denmark/

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Admirable investigative reporting, but a discouraging comment on justice and on the integrity of people responsible for it. Rape is defined to suit the needs of the moment. In the US a director at the Center for Disease Control declares that, "For every 10 teenage girls you know, at least one of them, and probably more, has been raped." The article reporting this claim in the Wall Street Journal (2/14/23) did not explain how, in this case, the CDC had defined rape, as if there were only one way to define it.

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A concise and informative article. Sunlight is such a good antiseptic, as Harry and Meghan have begun to realise to their chagrin. They hate being ridiculed. Brittany Higgins, Lisa Wilkinson and the mean girls may all yet have cause to regret their respective behaviour.

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julok39

I noticed, long ago, close connections between political leaders and feminists.

Which one invented the other ?

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No compensation for the man whose reputation has been dragged through the mud though. Not an apology from the feminists politicians quite willing to use him as a political football. And no contrition from the likes of the ABC who slyly nailed their colours to Higgins's mast. After all, we must believe all women.

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All of you hoping that there will be further action on this could help by contacting your local parliamentarians and expressing your concerns. Labor needs to know there is huge community anger about the payout to Higgins. The trouble is Dutton can't do anything because the daft Morrison government payed off the woman who made trouble for Alan Tudge.

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I smelled a political rat right from the start and yet the media / activist feminists / others swallowed the scam without question. Why does Higgins get millions of dollars for being a Judas (non-gender) and yet a person who legitimately loses an eye or limb in an accident only gets thousands of dollars in compensation? What is she being compensated for that costs so much???

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I hope the new federal corruption body investigates. If not, we'll know it is just another useless bureaucracy.

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Thanks Bettina for your ongoing efforts in these matters. You are a light shining in the darkness. It seems Canberra is a snake-pit, full of deceitful liars and manipulators.

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You make some very good points there, Christopher.

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