Political brawls 爆発するs over Higgins' 補償（金）
Brittany Higgins has been dragged into a political brawl over a confidential 解決／入植地 she received に引き続いて her 申し立てられた／疑わしい 性の 強襲，強姦 inside 議会 House.
The former 自由主義の スタッフの一員 reached a 解決／入植地 with the 連邦／共和国 in December 2022 after she 開始する，打ち上げるd 合法的な 活動／戦闘 against her 雇用者s in the previous 連立政権.
Ms Higgins 申し立てられた／疑わしい she was 強姦d by Bruce Lehrmann in 2019 inside the 大臣の office of then 連合 大臣 Linda Reynolds, who they both worked for.
After the 2019 連邦の 選挙, Ms Higgins worked as a マスコミ 助言者 for then-雇用 大臣 Michaelia Cash.
Mr Lehrmann has always 否定するd Ms Higgins' 主張.
マスコミ 報告（する）／憶測s of text messages between Ms Higgins and her partner David Sharaz 示唆する the pair discussed 潜在的に strategising with 大蔵大臣 Katy Gallagher, when she was in 対立, after the 強姦 主張 was made public.
上院議員 Reynolds 示すd she could 言及する the 補償（金） 支払い（額） to the 国家の Anti-汚職 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限.
総理大臣 Anthony Albanese and 対立 Leader Peter Dutton both commented on the 事柄 for the first time since Mr Lehrmann's high-profile 犯罪の 裁判，公判 was abandoned because of 賠審員 不品行／姦通.
Mr Albanese said he had "絶対の 信用／信任" in 上院議員 Gallagher and 拒絶するd suggestions Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz had used Labor MPs to publicise the 主張.
He said the first time he met Ms Higgins was on the public 記録，記録的な／記録する at the time and happened on the same day she met with former 首相 Scott Morrison.
But Mr Dutton said the 政府 had questions to answer and 支援するd calls f or the 事柄 to be referred to the 正直さ （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限.
"Linda Reynolds is a person of 広大な／多数の／重要な honour and she feels rightly aggrieved in the 過程 here," he said.
"I 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う this would be one of the first 問題／発行するs that the 正直さ （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 would を取り引きする.
"We're talking about multi-millions of dollars here, we're talking about 上級の 大臣s of the 政府 潜在的に having conspired or at least having 共同製作するd with individuals, and a lot of that needs to be explained."
検察官，検事s 最終的に dropped the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 against Mr Lehrmann because of 恐れるs about the 衝撃 of a second 裁判，公判 on Ms Higgins' mental health.
弁護士／代理人／検事-General 示す Dreyfus, 伴う／関わるd in the 介入 過程, said Ms Higgins' 解決／入植地 was 完全に in 一致 with the 法律.
"It's very ありふれた for the 連邦／共和国 to settle （人命などを）奪う，主張するs on the basis of agreed confidentiality," he said.
"It's very often in the 連邦／共和国's 利益／興味s that there be confidentiality and, often in the 事例／患者 of 性の いやがらせ （人命などを）奪う，主張するs, there is a 願望（する） on the part of the claimant to keep the 事柄 confidential."
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