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Staffer Brittany Higgins allegedly raped in office of senior government minister Linda Reynolds inside Parliament House
The issue of the toxic treatment of women inside Parliament House has re-emerged following new allegations that a federal government staffer was raped in a minister’s office.
Key points:
- A Liberal Party staffer alleges she was raped inside Linda Reynolds’s office in 2019
- She says she did not make a formal complaint because she wanted to protect her job and the reputation of the Liberal Party
- A follow-up meeting was held inside the office, a decision the Government concedes is “regretted”
News.com.au has reported that a man working for then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds took a 24-year-old female media staffer into Parliament House after a Friday night drinking session in March 2019 and allegedly raped her inside the defence…
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