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More allegations likely to stem from Parliamentary cultural review, Labor warns
A review of Federal Parliament’s workplace culture is likely to result in more staffers raising serious allegations of mistreatment, according to the Opposition.
Key points:
- Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner is leading a review of Parliament’s workplace culture
- The review was prompted by a rape allegation made by former staffer Brittany Higgins
- Labor warns it is likely to expose other allegations of staffers being mistreated
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins has been appointed to lead the review, which was prompted by former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins’s allegation that she was raped at Parliament House in 2019.
Labor frontbencher Katy Gallagher said the Opposition was seeking an assurance from Ms Jenkins that…
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