Brittany Higgins, a former Liberal Party staffer, has testified in court regarding an alleged sexual assault she experienced at Parliament House in 2019. She stated that she tried to "reclaim" the dress she wore during the assault and wore it again at a birthday function for Senator Linda Reynolds, who was present during the alleged assault. Higgins is part of a defamation action launched by her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, who reported on Higgins's allegations. Lehrmann's lawyers have questioned Higgins's account of the assault, but Higgins has rejected these claims and stated that she is "a Liberal through and through" who wants to change the culture of Parliament House after her rape was mishandled. She also mentioned that she would donate any money she earned from a potential book deal to charity, rejecting accusations that she had a financial interest in maintaining the allegation.