On Monday Higgins’ lawyer claimed the senator had been an ‘unreliable’ witness
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The second day of closing arguments in the defamation trial against Brittany Higgins brought by the ex-defence minister and her former boss Linda Reynolds was due to begin in Perth on Tuesday.
Reynolds sued Higgins over a series of social media posts published in July 2023, which the Liberal senator alleged had damaged her reputation. But Higgins has claimed a defence of truth, saying Reynolds mishandled her rape allegation – which was made public in 2021 – and did not properly support her.
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