At 10am West Australian time (which is midday on the east coast), Justice Paul Tottle of the WA Supreme Court will hand down his judgement in the Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins defamation case.

The former Liberal senator sued Higgins, claiming she was defamed in a series of Instagram posts in 2023, which she claimed breached the settlement and released Higgins signed in 2021.

Higgins made the posts following Reynolds announcement through a news story that she intended to refer Higgins settlement from the federal government to the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

Higgins accused Reynolds of continuing to harass her in the media and in parliament.

NACC found there was “no corruption” in the payout to Higgins following Reynold’s referral.

You can read more about today’s judgement in this excellent explainer from The Guardian’s Sarah Basford Canales.