Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses to enter the witness box for the WA senator’s high-stakes defamation trial against her former staffer.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses prepared to climb into the witness box in WA Senator Linda Reynolds’ high-stakes defamation trial against former staffer Brittany Higgins.
The court has previously been told Channel 10, journalists Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Maiden, and Senator Katy Gallagher had been hit with subpoenas to provide evidence for both cases. Outside court, Bennett told the waiting press pack Morrison was expected to be overseas at the time of the trial, but was prepared to give evidence remotely if required.
As the pair’s former boss, Reynolds has found herself in the firing line over the then-government’s handling of Higgins’ rape allegation. The senator said the ongoing fallout had a significant impact on her and others, and continued to call upon those involved to accept Lee’s judgment, which dispelled long-held claims of a political cover-up.
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