Parliament House staffer sacked over desk masturbation scandal makes report to police

A former Morrison Government staff member who was sacked for masturbating on the desk of a female MP has made a report to police.

The vision of the incident and some explicit pictures were aired on Channel 10, after being provided by a Canberra man who does not work at Parliament House.

MPs and friends of the former staffer said at the time they regarded the sharing of the video and pictures as image based abuse, commonly referred to as revenge porn.

The Canberra man and the staffer met on gay dating app Grindr nearly a decade ago.

The ABC understands ACT police received a report from the Morrison Government staff member about the incident several weeks ago.

A report is different to a complaint, which is usually what is required to begin a…