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Independent body to handle complaints in Australian Parliament may be needed in wake of rape allegations
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner believes an independent complaints handling body may be needed to deal with staffing concerns in Parliament House.
Key points:
- Kate Jenkins says unique circumstances to Parliament House must be investigated in her inquiry
- She said she could not foreshadow recommendations, but an independent body to handle complaints could be one
- The inquiry follows several allegations of sexual assaults in Parliament, most recently by Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins
Kate Jenkins has been asked to lead an independent inquiry into the culture on Capital Hill, in the wake of an allegation by a former Liberal staffer that she was raped by a colleague in a ministerial office.
Brittany Higgins’s complaint, and her insistence…
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