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They gathered in every capital city and country towns from Torquay (where participants used their bodies to spell out the word âJusticeâ on the beach) to Taree, from Shearwater to Somerville, from Bunbury to Bundaberg.
âWe are here because it is unfathomable that we are still having to fight this same stale, tired fight,â said former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, whose allegation that she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House was one of the events that triggered the protest.
It was a surprise appearance in Canberra from the 26-year-old, her first since she went public with her story.
A tidal wave of rage : Protests field anger at women s long fight
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Guardian Australia reports that 5000 protesters, mostly women, took part in Perth’s rally yesterday.
Event organiser Dr Kate Ahmad explained in
Crikey last week that March4Justice is based in part on “dehumanising” responses to allegations against politicians, and protesters will deliver Parliament a petition with demands including a federal Gender Equality Act and strengthening of accountability for parliamentarians and judges in the
Sex Discrimination Act.
As
news.com.au reports, on the eve of today’s marches, female Labor staffers aired allegations of sexual assault and harassment in a private Facebook group, saying they will “no longer keep their secrets”. Separately, NSW police commissioner