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Linda Reynolds wants to subpoena HWL Ebsworth chief executive partner
Defamation 2024-08-08 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has asked the court for leave to issue a subpoena to HWL Ebsworth’s chief executive partner for correspondence leading up to the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million settlement with Brittany Higgins over the government’s handling of her rape allegations. 

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‘Karma comes to those who wait’, Lehrmann’s barrister told Linda Reynolds, court hears
Trials 2024-08-08 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has faced cross-examination over her messages with accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann’s senior counsel ahead of his criminal trial, with the court hearing the barrister told her “s**t is going to get real soon” and “karma comes to those who wait”. 

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Rio Tinto unit wins stay in dispute with government over Jabiluka mine lease
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-08 10:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has granted Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources Australia an interim stay to allow it to contest the government’s decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.

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Senator Reynolds claims ignorance of ‘legal nicety’ over leaked letter about Higgins’ claim
Defamation 2024-08-07 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has admitted that she leaked a confidential letter from the Commonwealth’s solicitors to a reporter at The Australian concerning Brittany Higgins’ claims about the handling of her rape allegations, calling the letter’s confidentiality a “legal nicety” that she didn’t understand.

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Court told Linda Reynolds couldn’t defend herself from cover-up allegations
Trials 2024-08-06 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has given evidence about the fallout of media reporting about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations, saying she experienced health problems from the stress and felt she could not defend herself in the public eye since it was a criminal matter.

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Linda Reynolds must produce text messages with Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister
Defamation 2024-08-06 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has granted Brittany Higgins’ bid to subpoena text messages Linda Reynolds exchanged with accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann’s senior counsel, while also granting the senator’s bid for communications related to a fundraising page for Higgins.

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Senator Reynolds takes stand at defamation trial, defends conduct after Higgins’ alleged rape
Trials 2024-08-05 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has taken the stand in her defamation case against Brittany Higgins, telling a court on Tuesday she encouraged the former staffer to go to the police after her alleged rape by colleague Bruce Lehrmann because she was “not the right person” to conduct an investigation.  

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Linda Reynolds ‘must have known or suspected’ Brittany Higgins was assaulted, court told
Trials 2024-08-05 3:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Brittany Higgins’ counsel has argued that her former boss, Senator Linda Reynolds, mishandled her staffer’s allegation she was raped by colleague Bruce Lehrmann at Parliament House, saying she effectively told her to “go elsewhere”.

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Brittany Higgins’ political cover-up claims ‘fictional’, trial court hears
Trials 2024-08-02 2:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

As another trial traversing the rape allegations of former political staffer Brittany Higgins gets underway, a lawyer for Senator Linda Reynolds has told a court Higgins’ claim she was pressured not to pursue a complaint against Bruce Lehrmann was the stuff of fairytales.

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Lawyers weigh in on moratorium on climate disclosure litigation
Environment 2024-07-04 10:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Greens senator has called for reducing a proposed immunity from climate disclosure litigation from three years to one after lawyers, including the NSW Bar Association, blasted the moratorium. But some law firms say the immunity doesn’t go far enough and should shield companies and their officers from continuous disclosure-related claims.

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