Linda Reynolds praises ‘fair and balanced’ Albrechtsen – but reveals she is no fan of Samantha Maiden

Linda Reynolds, centre, outside the Western Australian supreme court. The Liberal senator is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation over a series of social media posts she says damaged her reputation. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

The inner workings of journalism are again on display in a courtroom, this time in Western Australia where Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation over a series of social media posts she says damaged her reputation.

The Liberal senator has been giving evidence about why she chose to leak confidential information to the Australian’s conservative opinion columnist Janet Albrechtsen.