News digest Feb 19 2021

News digest Feb 19 2021 by Mark O’Brien

The rape of Brittany Higgins and apparent coverup by Scomo and the timing of his knowledge of events during the last election campaign

Incident reports into Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape weren’t handed to police for two weeks

Brittany Higgins and the toxic culture of Australian politics – with Lenore Taylor

Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation

Scott Morrison faces fresh questions about when his office learned about alleged rape of Brittany Higgins

To fix the culture in Canberra, we need to take a sledgehammer to male privilege

“Australia’s Paedophile Protection Racket” – New book by journalist Shane Dowling

Scott Morrison covers up the rape of Liberal Party staffers as easy as his friend Hillsong’s Brian Houston covers up the rape of children by his father

General interest

Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change

Brain–computer interfaces promise communication capabilities for those paralysed by neurological dysfunction

Proprioception, our imperceptible 6th sense by Olivier Chassignole/AP

The Saturday Paper – An excellent weekly paper that you can buy or pay for online subscription. Check it out, articles behind paywall