Prosecutor drops Australian Parliament House rape charge

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann (AAP Image via AP)

A rape charge against a former government adviser has been dropped because of the life-threatening trauma a trial would cause the woman allegedly assaulted in a Parliament House office.

Former government staffer Brittany Higgins alleges a more senior colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, 27, raped her in a minister’s office after a night of heavy drinking in March 2019.