The former prime minister has vigorously defended the WA senator’s handling of Higgins’ rape allegation, and revealed his fears the cover-up accusation would bring fatal consequences.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has vigorously defended West Australian Senator Linda Reynolds’ handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation, rubbishing claims of a political cover-up and saying it was parliamentary process that failed the former staffer.
But he said he understood Reynolds’ predicament in attempting to balance her obligations to the government while maintaining the promise of confidence she had given Higgins. “It’s not appropriate language to be using about a member of staff, it was extremely out of character for Senator Reynolds, and she apologised,” Morrison told the court.
And he recalled watching Reynolds, his friend of more than two decades, suffer a public breakdown in parliament after several days of questioning and his fear her cardiac issues may prove fatal.“It was the weaponising of this issue for political purposes to discredit her and the government and, by extension, myself, and it was causing her distress and anguish.
The claims back an important pillar of Reynolds’ claim against her former staffer: that she was the victim of a “premeditated” attack levelled by Higgins and Higgins’ now-husband David Sharaz.
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