Claims of government cover-up after Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape ‘completely and utterly false’, Scott Morrison says

Linda Reynolds suing former staffer over a series of social media posts WA senator believes damaged her reputation

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Scott Morrison has defended Linda Reynolds' handling of Brittany Higgins' alleged rape and dismissed claims of a government cover-up following the allegations as completely and utterly false".

And the former prime minister also told the Western Australian supreme court that he did not remove Reynolds from the defence portfolio because she called Higgins a lying cow", but instead because she could not continue in the role due to her mental health.

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