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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luca Ittimani

Afternoon Update: Reynolds defends actions in alleged rape aftermath; News Corp considers selling Foxtel; and the soothing power of podcasts

WA Senator Linda Reynolds is seen arriving with her husband Robert Reid (left) at the Western Australian Supreme Court in Perth
Linda Reynolds outside the Western Australian supreme court in Perth, where she is suing former staffer Brittany Higgins for defamation. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

Good afternoon. Linda Reynolds has insisted she did not know about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape in the days afterwards and has denied she should have known on “face value” about the alleged assault.

The Western Australian federal Liberal senator has also said she would “still do the same thing today” when asked why she never offered to listen to Higgins’ experience of the night she was allegedly raped.

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