Read what Brittany Higgins had to say when she spoke at today’s women’s march

Brittany Higgins, the former Liberal staffer who alleges she was raped inside senior minister Linda Reynolds’s office, has delivered a powerful address to thousands of protesters on the lawns outside Parliament House.

The people were gathered to protest, after Ms Higgins’s story set off a debate about the treatment of women in Parliament House and across Australia.

The man at the centre of Ms Higgins’s allegations has not been charged with any crime.

Ms Higgins was not expected to attend or speak at the rally, but was met with the crowd’s loudest cheers when she took the stage.

Here’s what she said.

Brittany Higgins’s full speech

I speak to you today out of necessity.

We are all here today not because we…