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Politicians Jacinta Allan, Julia Gillard and Pauline Hanson have had very different experiences of sexism.

The misogyny coin buys less than it used to

Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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Incoming Vida Fund chief executive Brittany Higgins with Advisory Council Chair, Wendy McCarthy and Fund Board Director, Jo Dyer,

Brittany Higgins returns to frontline politics to fight ‘rising tide’ of misogyny

The former Liberal staffer has been appointed executive director of the progressive Vida Fund, launching a direct campaign against One Nation and the “new right”.

  • Rob Harris
Linda Reynolds with lawyer Martin Bennett outside the Perth Supreme Court in August after the decision in her defamation case against Brittany Higgins and her husband David Sharaz was handed down.

Reynolds’ lawyer eyes Higgins documentary as peace talks loom in ex-senator’s Commonwealth lawsuit

Former defence minister Linda Reynold’s lawyer has flagged scrutiny of a recent documentary on sexual assaults featuring ex-staffer Brittany Higgins.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
David Sharaz, Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds during their defamation fight in WA’s Supreme Court last year.

Federal Court declares David Sharaz bankrupt over defamation debt to Linda Reynolds

Brittany Higgins’ husband David Sharaz has been declared bankrupt by the Federal Court, just days after Higgins herself was placed into bankruptcy.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Brittany Higgins (left) and former Liberal senator Linda Reynolds (right).

Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt as court steps in over debt to Linda Reynolds

The ex-parliamentary staffer given $2.4 million compensation from the Commonwealth has been declared bankrupt after losing a defamation fight with her former boss.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds fight stems from a rape allegation made by Higgins in 2021.

Brittany Higgins drops defamation appeal against former boss, paving way for bankruptcy

Higgins and her partner David Sharaz were ordered to pay upwards of $341,000 and more than $1 million in costs to Reynolds after they were found to have defamed her in social media posts.

  • Hannah Murphy
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David Sharaz, Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds during their defamation fight in WA’s Supreme Court last year.

Sharaz hit with hefty damages bill as Higgins appeals in wake of Reynolds defamation row

Brittany Higgins’ husband David Sharaz faces paying as much as $220,000 to former West Australian senator Linda Reynolds following her high-profile defamation win.

  • Carla Hildebrandt and Cameron Myles
Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds.

Higgins ordered to pay lion’s share of defamed senator’s legal bill

Brittany Higgins has been ordered to pay the majority of ex-senator Linda Reynolds’ legal costs after a court found she defamed her former boss in a series of social media posts in 2023.

  • Heather McNeill
Brethren members, wearing clothes to make them unrecognisable, supporting the Liberal candidate head to a polling booth in Kooyong.

‘I’m glad we didn’t win’: Liberal campaigners feared Brethren-fuelled Dutton victory

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church was so enmeshed in local Liberal campaigns that they were cleaning candidates’ houses. Now a new inquiry has been launched.

  • Michael Bachelard
Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins.
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Ex-WA senator wins defamation case

Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins.