The way both Brittany Higgins's and Lidia Thorpe's complaints of sexual assault erupted reflected their lack of belief that Parliament House, and/or politics, would deal seriously with them, writes Laura Tingle.
The way both Brittany Higgins's and Lidia Thorpe's complaints of sexual assault erupted reflected their lack of belief that Parliament House, and/or politics, would deal seriously with them, writes Laura Tingle.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has denied claims that powerful men are able to get away with bad behaviour because people stay silent to protect the political party. He was responding to extraordinary allegations made by former foreign minister Julie Bishop in an interview on the ABC s
7.30 report on Monday night, where she revealed a group of male Liberal MPs who dubbed themselves the big swinging dicks tried to stymie her career. She added she wasn t surprised that some women chose not to report to police. There s a powerful culture within all political parties to ensure that no individual does anything that would damage the party s prospects, the party s image, or its reputation, particularly at election time, she said on the program.
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News by Samantha Maiden  Employment Minister Michaelia Cash reassured a Liberal staffer sleep tight after an incident in a minister s office, pledging to her in a voicemail message that her chief of staff had the issue under control . Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped at Parliament House in Defence Minister Linda Reynolds ministerial office by a colleague. Ms Higgins was just 24 at the time of the incident in March 2019 and only months into her dream job of working at parliament. The alleged incident threatened to explode in Senate estimates two years ago, prompting the voicemail from Senator Cash. Senator Cash has told news.com.au that she never knew the issue involved an alleged sexual assault at the time, only that it was an incident in Ms Reynolds office that Ms Higgins had informed her she preferred to keep secret at the time.