Higgins is fighting her former boss Senator Linda Reynolds over a series of social media posts from 2023 that the ex-defence minister believes damaged her reputation.
Sky News political commentator Peta Credlin helped Brittany Higgins draft a statement outlining the former staffer's plan to reform the way parliament handled sexual harassment, a defamation trial has been told.
Bennett said Credlin - former prime minister Tony Abbott's chief of staff - provided suggestions to rework paragraphs, asking Sharaz to call her so she could talk him through the changes."This idea that statements made by Ms Higgins after the date of The Project interview and the Maiden article corroborate her motive in making those statements ...
Young read an extract from Higgins' statement in which she said she had re-engaged with the Australian Federal Police and would proceed with a formal complaint over her alleged rape.
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