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Scott Morrison faces fresh questions about when his office learned about alleged rape of Brittany Higgins
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing mounting pressure about his office’s handling of the alleged rape of a Liberal staffer inside Parliament House.
Key points:
- Text messages have emerged that proport to show the Prime Minister’s Office was alerted about an incident in 2019
- Scott Morrison maintains his office was unaware the incident involved an alleged rape until last week
- Labor says the text messages show Mr Morrison’s account is not credible
A now-former federal government advisor has told the ABC a senior member of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was informed about the alleged rape inside then-defence industry minister Linda Reynolds’s office in 2019.
Mr Morrison has maintained his office only learned last Friday that the incident…
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