Good afternoon, readers. In an end to a protracted legal battle, Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against her former staffer Brittany Higgins in the Western Australian supreme court.
The state supreme court judge Paul Tottle ruled on Wednesday that the former defence minister’s reputation was damaged by social media posts published by Higgins in 2022 and July 2023. Higgins has been ordered to pay Reynolds $315,000 in damages with an additional $26,109.25 in interest.