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 Okay, so then he said, I'm going to tell Michaelia Cash.

Ms Higgins:

And he said, would you like to do a [50:55 UNCLEAR]… feel like that's a your job, I don't want to tell my boss something very deeply personal to me; I'll let you do it. And so he did and then the boss called me in and she was very nice, she gave me a hug and, yeah, and then the rest was a sitting day at that point and I took the rest of the same day off, I went home.

Ms Maiden:

Phrrttt. And then you went into Senate estimates and nothing happened?

Ms Higgins:

Well one of the officers at SATAC called me and said that it was going to be in the Senate. I know, it’s all weird. I don't know, it’s all weird.

Ms Maiden:

So the cops must have had something to do with it.

Ms Higgins:

I don't know.

Ms Maiden:

Someone from SATAC called you?

Ms Higgins:

Called me and said it was going to be, 'cause it was the new AFP Commissioner in Canberra, the new guy ...

Ms Maiden:

Right, Kershaw or whatever is name is.

Ms Higgins:

Yeah. They said they were putting it in his Senate estimates pack. And I was...

Ms Maiden:

Why?

Ms Higgins:

I don't know, 'cause it was AFP and it was logged as an incident and so technically...

Ms Maiden:

This is very suspect.

Ms Higgins:

It’s all weird. I don't understand it.

Ms Maiden:

Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369