00:00Midway through her evidence, and the strain is showing, the focus turning to a multi-million
00:11dollar payout to former Parliament House staffer Brittany Higgins, and suggestions Labor tried
00:16to silence Senator Reynolds from speaking out against it.
00:20Senator Reynolds telling the court she was utterly outraged after being shut out of Ms
00:24Higgins' mediation with the government, maintaining the claims were utterly defendable.
00:29Senator Reynolds has also testified about the extent of what she says was a premeditated
00:34plan to damage her.
00:35She says the realisation set in as she was reading a transcript of the interview with
00:39Brittany Higgins before her bombshell revelations on the project.
00:44She told the court, it was pre-planned, it was premeditated, it was personal, against
00:49me.
00:50After three days on the stand, Senator Reynolds faced cross-examination from Ms Higgins' lawyer.
00:55Releasing on comments reported in national media that she called Ms Higgins a lying cow
00:59when the story first aired.
01:01The Senator denying that comment would have had an adverse impact on Ms Higgins' allegation
01:06of rape by calling into question Ms Higgins' credibility.
01:10She says instead it was about Ms Higgins' portrayal of how the Senator and her staff
01:14handled the allegation, and suggestions she tried to cover it up.
01:18The Senator has repeatedly told the trial she believes Ms Higgins was raped.
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