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Headlines: Brittany Higgins inquiry ‘a matter for Parliament’, says Gallagher · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Finance Minister Katie Gallagher is refusing
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  Speaker 1: to get behind a parliamentary inquiry into who knew what
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  Speaker 1: and when about Brittany higgins declaration she was raped by
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  Speaker 1: her former Liberal Party colleague Bruce Lahman. Lehman has always
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  Speaker 1: denied any wrongdoing, and so has Senator Linda Reynolds, who
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  Speaker 1: was higgins boss at the time of the incident. Reynolds
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  Speaker 1: is calling for the inquiry after two courts said there
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  Speaker 1: was no evidence of a cover up. Gallagher said it's
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  Speaker 1: a matter for Parliament if an inquiry goes ahead. It
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  Speaker 1: comes as Higgins has dropped her appeal of a finding
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  Speaker 1: by the WA Supreme Court. She defaned Reynolds in social
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  Speaker 1: media posts. Linda Reynolds is an intriguing figure. A former
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  Speaker 1: senior minister now out of politics, She's determined to restore
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  Speaker 1: her reputation at what would seem to be any cost.
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  Speaker 1: She's racked up hundreds of thousands in legal bills securing
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  Speaker 1: the defamation win and now she wants an acknowledgment from
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  Speaker 1: the Parliament that she hasn't done anything wrong. Reynolds blames
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  Speaker 1: senior labor women, including Penny Wong and Gallagher, for contributing
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  Speaker 1: to the false perception that she and her chief of
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  Speaker 1: staff Fiona Brown were prepared to walk past the rape
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  Speaker 1: of Higgins. Scroll back in your feed to hear an
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  Speaker 1: episode entitled The Political Women Locked in an Unending Brittany
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  Speaker 1: Higgins inspired Feud. That's our full story on Reynolds's determination
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  Speaker 1: to get justice. Jewelry for Millennia, ug boots for the grandkids,
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  Speaker 1: and a model submarine for Donald J. Trump. Those are
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  Speaker 1: the gifts that Anthony Albanezi took to the White House.
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  Speaker 1: The Prime Minister has reluctantly detailed the gifts, which are
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  Speaker 1: a traditional part of state visits, like the one that
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  Speaker 1: saw him faded by the President earlier this week, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure it will be. Albanezi says he's not sure
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  Speaker 1: what he got in return. That state visit saw the
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  Speaker 1: President embarrass Kevin Rudd over previous critical tweets, telling Australia's ambassador,
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  Speaker 1: I don't like you. But as Front listeners know, Rud
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  Speaker 1: apologized and the President told him all was forgiven. Opposition
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  Speaker 1: leader Susan Lee immediately demanded Rudd's sacking, but now she's
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  Speaker 1: at odds with one of her own team, with Federal
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  Speaker 1: Liberal MP Jane Hume saying it was a bit churlish
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  Speaker 1: to suggest Rudd's position was untenable. Hume, who Lee punted
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  Speaker 1: to the backbench after the election, says Rudd was critical
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  Speaker 1: to the critical minerals and rare earth steal that Trump
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  Speaker 1: and Albanezi signed on Tuesday. Check out those stories live
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  Speaker 1: for our close look at a big story for investors
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  Speaker 1: and jewelry lovers. The price of gold went through the
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  Speaker 1: the floor. Market editor David Rodgers joins us to explain
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  Speaker 1: what's going on.