00:00At the centre of the case are social media posts Brittany Higgins made in 2023, in which
00:07she was critical of the way she says Senator Linda Reynolds handled the rape allegation
00:11in 2019.
00:13At the centre of the case are social media posts Brittany Higgins made in 2023.
00:18She was critical of the way she says Senator Linda Reynolds handled the rape allegation
00:23in 2019.
00:24Senator Reynolds says her former employee defamed her in these social media posts.
00:29She says the posts caused her distress and injured her credibility.
00:33She says this was aggravated by what she's described as a plan by Ms Higgins and her
00:37partner to use allegations of a cover-up as a weapon to inflict damage on the Morrison
00:42government.
00:43Brittany Higgins will argue that what she said in the social media postings was essentially
00:47true, that Senator Reynolds mishandled the rape allegation and did not provide adequate
00:52support.
00:54The trial is expected to run for several weeks, with Senator Reynolds likely to start giving
00:58evidence on Monday and Brittany Higgins later in the trial.
01:02The trial is also likely to hear from other Senators and former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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