Western Australia’s Supreme Court has begun hearing closing arguments in the defamation case brought by Senator Linda Reynolds against former staffer Brittany Higgins and her husband David Sharaz. To remind you – Reynolds is suing the couple over social media posts from 2023 that were critical of her handling of Higgins’ Parliament House rape allegation. Yesterday, Higgins’ lawyer Rachael Young SC claimed the former Defence Minister presented “demonstrably wrong” evidence and should be considered an unreliable witness for denying knowing there could have been a sexual assault in her office. Young also accused Reynolds of having “sinister” motives for leaking confidential material to the media and wishing to “silence sexual assault victims”. Reynolds’ lawyer, Martin Bennett, will get a chance to respond later today when he begins his closing submissions before wrapping up on Wednesday.