Brittany Higgins: court hears how a dream job turned into the nightmare of alleged rape

Witnesses describe Higgins as broken' after the alleged rape in March 2019, to which Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty

In her final memory before blacking out, Brittany Higgins paused for a moment of reflection, she told those closest to her.

From a window perched high among parliament's labyrinthine network of office suites and hallways, she looked out over the prime minister's courtyard, quiet in the early morning darkness of 23 March 2019.