Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC
29 Mar 21
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Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC
Minister for Defence
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12 March 2021
On Friday 5 March 2021, I publicly apologised to Ms Brittany Higgins about the comment about her to my staff on 15 February 2021.
I wish to further address the comment that I made. I did not mean it in the sense it may have been understood.
Given that the comment was made public, which I never intended, I also want to retract it and unreservedly apologise to Brittany Higgins and acknowledge the hurt and distress it caused to her.