Vindication indications: Given former government minister Linda Reynolds has made far more of a lasting impression on Australia via court cases than anything she achieved in more than a decade in the Senate, we’ll tread carefully with the following news. Reynolds, following her successful defamation action against former staffer Brittany Higgins — who was raped while working in the minister’s office — has now legally threatened the producers of Silenced, a documentary about “the weaponisation of defamation laws to silence survivors”, soon to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.