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Australia news live: pressure mounts for inquiry into historical rape allegation made against Christian Porter
"AFP letter warns MPs delay reporting crimes could lead to reoffending in wake of Brittany Higgins rape allegation"
The attorney general has denied the allegation, declaring he won’t step down from his post.
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Attorney general Christian Porter addresses media in Perth to deny a historical rape allegation. Photograph: Stefan Gosatti/AFP/Getty
Matilda Boseley
Thu 4 Mar 2021 08.22 AEDT
First published on Thu 4 Mar 2021 07.41 AEDT
4m ago 08:22
Zali Steggall has also thrown her weight behind calls for an independent inquiry into the historical rape allegations leveled against Attorney-General Christian Porter. (Allegations he vehemently denies)
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9m ago 08:18
Federal NSW independent Zali Steggall has told the Today show she was shocked to hear defence minister Linda Reynolds reportedly described her staffer Brittany Higgins who alleged she was raped by a colleague as a “lying cow”.
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19m ago 08:09
Senate opposition leader Penny Wong is speaking to Radio National now.
I’ll bring you the full comments soon but in broad terms, she has stated that questions about the integrity will hang over the government’s head unless there is an independent investigation into the historical rape allegation against Christian Porter.
She was also asked about the allegations level several years ago against Bill Shorten but says they are “very different” and aren’t comparable.
Shorten was accused of raping a woman in the 1980s but Victorian Police said in 2014 that they had investigated and there was “was no reasonable prospect of conviction”, and closed the investigation.
20m ago 08:09
More from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg:
He insisted on Sky news this morning that the historical rape allegations against Christian Porter are finished after the attorney-general emphatically denied the claims.
The matter is at an end because the police have spoken,...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/mar/04/australia-news-live-linda-reynolds-brittany-higgins-christian-porter-scott-morrison-inquiry-coronavirus-health-vaccine
"AFP letter warns MPs delay reporting crimes could lead to reoffending in wake of Brittany Higgins rape allegation"
The attorney general has denied the allegation, declaring he won’t step down from his post.
Follow latest updates LIVE Updated 6m ago
Attorney general Christian Porter addresses media in Perth to deny a historical rape allegation. Photograph: Stefan Gosatti/AFP/Getty
Matilda Boseley
Thu 4 Mar 2021 08.22 AEDT
First published on Thu 4 Mar 2021 07.41 AEDT
4m ago 08:22
Zali Steggall has also thrown her weight behind calls for an independent inquiry into the historical rape allegations leveled against Attorney-General Christian Porter. (Allegations he vehemently denies)
[...]
9m ago 08:18
Federal NSW independent Zali Steggall has told the Today show she was shocked to hear defence minister Linda Reynolds reportedly described her staffer Brittany Higgins who alleged she was raped by a colleague as a “lying cow”.
[...]
19m ago 08:09
Senate opposition leader Penny Wong is speaking to Radio National now.
I’ll bring you the full comments soon but in broad terms, she has stated that questions about the integrity will hang over the government’s head unless there is an independent investigation into the historical rape allegation against Christian Porter.
She was also asked about the allegations level several years ago against Bill Shorten but says they are “very different” and aren’t comparable.
Shorten was accused of raping a woman in the 1980s but Victorian Police said in 2014 that they had investigated and there was “was no reasonable prospect of conviction”, and closed the investigation.
20m ago 08:09
More from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg:
He insisted on Sky news this morning that the historical rape allegations against Christian Porter are finished after the attorney-general emphatically denied the claims.
The matter is at an end because the police have spoken,...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/mar/04/australia-news-live-linda-reynolds-brittany-higgins-christian-porter-scott-morrison-inquiry-coronavirus-health-vaccine
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