The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. When the New Zealand Supreme Court ruled last week that the voting age of 18 breached the human rights of younger people, it reignited the debate both there and in neighboring Australia. The question of voting age […]
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Prosecutor Drops Australia Parliament Rape Case, Citing Toll on Accuser
Prosecutors have dropped a rape charge against a former parliamentary staff member in a case that has gripped Australia for months, a decision they called necessary to protect the plaintiff’s health after she had endured rounds of grueling questioning in an initial mistrial. The plaintiff, Brittany Higgins, 28, had accused a colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, 27, […]