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Golf, cocaine, prostitutes: the mounting costs of a scandal

ANALYSIS: A rape prosecution against a former political staffer has been dropped with no conviction recorded, but consequences of the case keep mounting, as do costs.

WATCH: NBR senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Maria Slade.

When the Taylor Swift phenomenon was in Australia recently, one of the satirical websites ran a headline along the lines of: “Taylor Swift now responsible for 10% of global GDP.”

Underarm was taken by this and the concept has stayed with him as the saga of the Brittany Higgins alleged rape case

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Lachlan Colquhoun Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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