The former deputy prime minister linked his stance on the matter to his own experiences, having been the subject of sexual harassment allegations in 2018, which he denies.
The review has been agreed to by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese following Brittany Higgins claim she was raped in 2019.
Canberra bubble burst: once silent survivors now âmaking some noiseâ
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On a hot summer night in Canberra, Grace Tame stood next to the Prime Minister and issued a call to arms.
The eloquent and impassioned 26-year-old had just been named the 2021 Australian of the Year for her work campaigning for survivors of child sexual abuse, like her, and to overturn a Tasmanian law that prevented victims from being named.
Australian of the Year Grace Tame accepts her award in January. She has become an inspiration for sexual assault survivors including Brittany Higgins.
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Scott Morrison has a near obsession with control. But suddenly – in the course of only weeks – he has found himself presiding over a government in a shambles, where he is reacting rather than driving.
All the mayhem flows from a common source – two rape allegations, one involving staffers in a minister’s office in 2019, the other relating to a minister accused of assaulting a woman, now dead, years before he entered politics.
Waves from these allegations have embroiled the Prime Minister’s staff in a “who knew what” inquiry, threatened the futures of two members of his cabinet, and are now complicating the progress of a key part of the government’s policy agenda.