Australian federal police fails to hand over evidence from investigation into alleged rape of Brittany Higgins to inquiry

Evidence yet to be handed over includes thousands of documents, but AFP says laws are preventing production of some material

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The Australian federal police has not handed over evidence from the investigation into the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins to an inquiry into how police handled the case.

Documents published by the board of inquiry after a preliminary directions hearing on Thursday reveal the AFP is yet to hand over thousands of documents to the inquiry.

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