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Defence minister hit with damages payout for ‘lying cow’ comment
Friday March 12, 2021
Embattled Defence Minister Linda Reynolds will have to compensate Brittany Higgins as part of a defamation settlement for calling her former staffer a “lying cow”.
Brittany Higgins. (Photo: Supplied)
Reynolds – who remains on extended sick leave – has also apologised and retracted the statement.
“I am pleased that the minister has now withdrawn her comments and I accept her apology to me,” Higgins said in a statement on Friday.
“This has been an immensely challenging period for me and I wish to reiterate that the only reason I have chosen to…
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