It had been his suggestion to come past Parliament House to pick up something after a long night of drinking with colleagues.
“At that point I was very intoxicated. I thought, ‘Well, I am well and truly done. I need to go’,” she said. “And so there were only four of us left. We were going the same way.
”With hindsight, Ms Higgins thought his suggestion they go past Parliament House on the way home was odd.
“He wanted to stop by Parliament for some reason. I was really drunk and I thought it was weird I guess,’’ she said.
Even after midnight, the ministerial entrance is a blaze of bright lights and security guards.“
It sounds so stupid. But you just think, this is Parliament, this is work. There are security guards everywhere. And you just naturally assume it’s OK.
