Linda Reynolds welcomes Brittany Higgins’ ‘olive branch’ but says without concessions she will go to trial
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6M7SF)
Reynolds says if Higgins does not accept Justice Lee's findings on the claims of coverup and mistreatment ... it will have to be proved again in our trial'
Linda Reynolds has welcomed Brittany Higgins' olive branch" apology but insists she will take her former staffer to court in July unless she accepts a federal court's finding the Liberal senator did not cover up and mistreat her.
In a statement on Saturday, Higgins apologised to Reynolds, the former defence minister and her one-time boss, along with her then chief of staff Fiona Brown, after Justice Lee's judgment last Monday rejected Higgins's claims of a political cover-up.
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