Linda Reynolds
Higgins ‘steadfast in truth’ after Reynolds alleges plan to damage her career
The former defence industry minister is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation over July 2023 social media posts.
- by Angus Thompson
Latest
High-profile witness list grows in Reynolds, Higgins defamation trial
Fresh dates have been set down for Linda Reynolds’ defamation trial against former staffer Brittany Higgins, as the names of more high-profile witnesses prepared to take the stand emerge.
- by Jesinta Burton and Louise Rennie
Former PM prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds, Higgins row
Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses to enter the witness box for the WA senator’s high-stakes defamation trial against her former staffer.
- by Jesinta Burton
Opinion
Political leadership
So Bill Shorten’s speechwriter earns $310,000 a year. Nothing to see here
It’s not fashionable to say so, but people who work for ministers generally work very hard, with unsociable hours and long stints away from home.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Shorten’s $310,000-a-year writer behind at least 170 speeches – but no zingers
Senate estimates revealed that Julianne Stewart, a speechwriter for former prime ministers, was hired by government on a two-year contract valued at $620,000.
- by Olivia Ireland
Reynolds fights to add WhatsApp ‘collaboration’ to Higgins defamation row
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds will attempt to add a fresh claim to her high-stakes defamation row with Brittany Higgins.
- by Jesinta Burton
Bruce Lehrmann pursued by former landlord over alleged property damage
The owner of a luxury Sydney pad where Bruce Lehrmann lived rent-free under a deal with the Seven Network has appeared for the first time in a NSW tribunal.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Court delays WA senator’s trust probe as Higgins, Sharaz prepare to wed
Brittany Higgins’ lawyers have successfully delayed a highly charged document swap as she and fiancee David Sharaz prepare to tie the knot.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Defamation
‘He won’t buy a ticket on the Titanic’: Sharaz retreats as bid to delay Reynolds’ defamation row fails
Lawyers for Brittany Higgins’ fiance, David Sharaz, have declared he can no longer fight WA Liberal senator Linda Reynolds’ “titanic” defamation action, as the court rejected Higgins’ bid to delay the looming trial.
- by Jesinta Burton and Ezra Holt
Numerous hurdles block Dutton’s nuclear pathway
The CSIRO/AEMO GenCost report has said for years, including during the time of Coalition governments, that wind and solar are the cheapest form of new energy for Australia, even when considering additional integration costs such as energy storage and transmission. Nothing has changed.
Linda Reynolds, Janet Albrechtsen dine out after Lehrmann judgment
The former defence minister was spotted at dinner with the News Corp columnist, a prominent critic of Brittany Higgins, days after the Federal Court’s decision.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman