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The case against Bruce Lehrmann, a former political adviser accused of raping a colleague inside Australia’s Parliament House, has been dropped. The 27-year-old, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins on a minister’s sofa after a night out in 2019. He maintains no sex took place. Mr Lehrmann’s trial collapsed in October because of jury misconduct. The ongoing risk to Ms Higgins’s mental health means a retrial…