Mr Whybrow also suggested Ms Higgins might have lied to her then chief-of-staff Fiona Brown about needing a sick day on the Friday after the alleged assault, saying she instead went out for breakfast with an ex-partner. 'At a mediation held today, the Commonwealth and Ms Higgins settled her claims,' Ms Blumer said. However, proceedings are yet to be filed. Albeit two or three has been formally together for a little more than a year, their association and association are sufficiently able to back one another through various minutes. An official claim is yet to be filed as the involved parties prepare to enter into mediation talks on December 13. // forced Katy Gallagher, whose department paid a multimillion-dollar settlement to Brittany Higgins, admitted she knew David Sharaz before Ms Higgins' rape claims became public, Linda Reynolds says. Brittany Higgins and partner David Sharaz have just announced their engagement via a pair of super duper romantic photo dumps. window.onload = func; David Sharaz, 29, got down. color: yellow!important; The fracas over the Kunkel report comes as a separate report by Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet deputy secretary Stephanie Foster, recommending an independent complaints-handling process for serious incidents at parliament house, is due to go to cabinet on Wednesday. Previous political counsel Brittany Higgins is areas of strength for going her story discharge data. Only a few months ago the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold SC, was strutting around, reveling in his pursuit of Brittany Higgins' alleged rapist, Bruce Lehrmann, with the press hanging off his every word during the prolonged trial. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. It keeps on spreading further as additional subtleties surface in the media. //