Could the accused have got a fair trial after the complainant received the 'believe women treatment, and to hell with all that innocent until proven guilty stuff'?

.Higgins immediately became a darling of the Press Club.
.She was made a senior visiting fellow of the ANU's women's global leadership institute.
.She was gushed over by Julia Gillard.
.Journalists got awards for taking her side before a trial date was even set.
.Scott Morrison made one of his apologies to her in Parliament without knowing whether or not she was an actual victim

Something is simply not right here.

How convenient that former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's
rape trial has conveniently been abandoned and all
charges have been dropped.

He can walk away from all this, while Ms Higgins is in
hospital?

A 4th woman has made allegations about Lehrmann who by the way
has a reputation of behaviour in parliament that's been described
as "rather sleazy." All this follows a Four Corners report
in November about the culture in Parliament House - including
allegations against 2 other government ministers.

What a coincidence?

Few people these days believe in coincidences - especially
when it concerns politics and the culture in Parliament House.

Hi Foxy,

No one had a greater sleazer reputation around the Friday night fleshpots of Canberra than the former Attorney General of Sleaze 'Cry Baby' Porter. I don't know where Lehrmann fits in the pecking order of Liberal Party sleaze, but I'm sure he was considered a valuable asset going places, possibly like 'Cry Baby' he may have harboured ambitions for the very top job, Prime Minister 'Sleaze' Lehrmann, it does have a ring to it.

I did listen to ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold's explanation for dropping the charge, and it did seem plausible. The problem with rape, unlike any other criminal charges, the victim is often made out to look the guilty party. As you can see from the comments of the 'Usual Suspects' here, they basically say Higgins was asking for it, and besides there is no proof. I know of two women, one a family member, and one a close friend, who without a shadow of a doubt were raped. Our friend has conveyed to both my wife and I in graphic detail how she was raped many times as an adolescent of 15 or 16 by a married uncle with children of his own in his family home, during 'stay overs', even in his car and on one occasion in a public toilet block, these rapes were never reported and of course never prosecuted. Over the years our friend has suffered mentally, severe anxiety just one result of her long ago ordeals. She has been unable to establish lasting decent relationships with men, went through a marriage break up, several other relationship failures. I've seen a photo of her when she was about 18, obviously her crime was being just to bloody pretty as a young girl.

Hi Paul,

As a student I got a casual job as a telephonist for a very
well known cab company in Sydney. My boss at the time made
a move on me early one morning - and I fought him off. Lucky
for me - a young taxi driver came to my rescue. He ended up
driving me home and told me not to ever come back - because
my boss was dangerous. I took the young bloke's advice.

I was very lucky. But I remember that incident to this day.
My boss was a married man - and strong as an ox. As I said -
I was lucky that the young bloke walked in when the sleaze
was making his move on me.

How many females aren't so lucky?

"He can walk away from all this, "

Actually, no. He will spend the rest of his life with this unresolved, unproven, unprovable accusation hanging over his head. His career destroyed.

There are never winners in this type of thing.

The culture in Parliament House has to change!