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Linda Reynolds has declined to answer questions about the “lying cow” comment that led her to apologise and reach a settlement with Brittany Higgins.
Facing parliament for the first time since she took medical leave, Reynolds, now the NDIS and government services minister, told a Senate estimates hearing that discussing the matter could “potentially compromise” ongoing investigations by the Australian federal police.
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Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, is about to fly to London, Geneva and Washington over the next fortnight.
The trip’s Washington leg will represent the Australian government’s first ministerial, in-person consultations with the Biden administration, she said.
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Source: The Guardian