Julia Banks: Ex-Australia MP alleges inappropriate touching by minister
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image captionJulia Bank telling parliament in 2018 that she was quitting the Liberal party prompted government colleagues to leave
Former Australian government MP Julia Banks says she was inappropriately touched by a current cabinet minister at Parliament House in 2017.
Ms Banks, who made the allegation in a memoir, said the male MP moved his hand up her leg during a parliamentary vote session before moving away.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison s office said in a statement they weren t previously aware of the allegation.
Behaviour of such kind was completely inappropriate, they said.
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Scott Morrison has been accused of menacing and controlling behaviour that drove a female MP out of parliament.
Julia Banks quit the Liberal Party after the leadership coup against Malcolm Turnbull in late 2018, sitting on the cross bench as an independent until an election the following year.
Ms Banks blames the prime minister s behaviour for her decision to quit the party and leave politics.
The former corporate lawyer said Mr Morrison tried to portray her as a weak petal who had not coped with the mental strain of the leadership spill.
Scott Morrison has been accused of menacing and controlling behaviour that drove ex-MP Julia Banks (pictured together) out of parliament
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