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When Grace Tame stood on a podium next to Scott Morrison on January 25, little did she know that would be the start of what some have called Australia s second-wave #MeToo moment.
Two cabinet ministers have now gone on medical leave and are under severe pressure to resign, embroiled in separate scandals stemming from sexual assault allegations.
A government is in political crisis and the prime minister is facing questions over his handling of the saga.
Hundreds of fed-up Australian women are planning to march to the nation s capital to make their rage heard over the events of the past month.
With sexual assault allegations dogging parliament and amid a national conversation about believing women, the country is in an extraordinary moment in time which must be seized to progress gender equality, say experts.