Government to pay Linda Reynolds’ costs for referral of Brittany Higgins settlement to federal corruption watchdog

Document tabled in parliament reveals attorney general approved WA Liberal senator's application for legal assistance

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The Albanese government has agreed to pay Linda Reynolds' legal costs in her referral of the commonwealth's multimillion-dollar settlement with Brittany Higgins to the federal anti-corruption body.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, wrote to the Liberal senator on Tuesday confirming that her application for legal assistance in a National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nacc) matter had been approved by his department's secretary, a document tabled in parliament on Thursday showed.

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