The senator says she has reported the matter to the police. Johnson Smith made the revelation on Friday during what was sometimes a contentious sitting of the Upper House as female senators from both sides of the aisle went at each other in relation to the perceived mishandling of the George Wright matter by the government. Johnson Smith did not name the PNP senator; neither did she state when the harassment took place or whether the harasser was still a member of the Senate. However, she said she reported the matter to the police at the time. Speaking in a halting voice, and appearing burdened by the fact that she decided to publicly mention the incident for the first time, Johnson Smith, looking across at Opposition senators said: “I think about the fact that there was a member, a colleague of yours, on that side who had started to send me harassing emails and who I had to report to the police”.