Parliament House sexual assault and harassment allegations

[eddiesmith]

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[stui magpie]

Now that NSW Police have officially closed the case, 7 News is reporting that the minister allegedly responsible will publicly out himself as early as tomorrow.

IIR Correctly, when Bill Shorten was accused of rape, once Police had declined to proceed with the case due to lack of evidence, he outed himself and neither stood down or was subject to a parliamentary inquiry.

As far as speculation goes, I'll be extremely surprised if the person named on Twitter isn't just the subject of wishful thinking.

Do we have anymore information on the Federal Labor MP accused of historic Rape?

Meanwhile, don't wear a skirt in the Sth Aus Parliament after lunch. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-02/ ... s/13207484

Oh, and thanks David for the thread split.

[Woods Of Ypres]

[stui magpie]

Look, if you go to Twitter and look at "Trends for you". Don't search for anything, just keep expanding the Trending until you come across a federal Ministers name.

We'll find out likely tomorrow, the Twitter version doesn't work for me, I don't see the logistics but we'll see.

[David]

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[stui magpie]

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Thanks for appreciating the effort I went to to avoid insinuation.

[watt price tully]

Well the Ministers name is not <snip> I understand

[think positive]

sounds like the guy being snipped should have been snipped in real life!!!
snip!

[David]

Press conference at 3pm, for anyone following this (and it's suggested that the as-yet-still-unnamed minister will take questions, which should be interesting). I presume the ABC will be taking it live:

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/abc-news- ... 413V001S00

[David]

The minister is, as widely rumoured, attorney-general Christian Porter. He says that he did know the victim when he was 17 and she was 16, and claims that the allegation is false (upon being questioned, he says that he never slept with the alleged victim). He also refuses to stand down from his position, but will take mental-health leave.

He also claims that nobody has "put the details" of the allegation to him and that all he knows about them he's read in the media.

[5 from the wing on debut]

Done.
What's the next sensational story that we must have an investigation into?

[David]

To journalists' credit, he's getting a thorough grilling right now. They've asked all the questions I could have thought of.

[watt price tully]

Can I now say it was Christian Porter ?

His character or lackthereof was exposed in the 4 Corners Programne late last year. He allegedly used to boast of his sexual conquests and came across as the arrogant, entitled born to rule mentality one used to associate with the worst aspects of the Liberal Party.

At work so haven’t caught up with the Public declaration.

[think positive]

The minister is, as widely rumoured, attorney-general Christian Porter. He says that he did know the victim when he was 17 and she was 16, and claims that the allegation is false (upon being questioned, he says that he never slept with the alleged victim). He also refuses to stand down from his position, but will take mental-health leave.

He also claims that nobody has "put the details" of the allegation to him and that all he knows about them he's read in the media.

he did have a point that if he stood down, anyone could be made to leave their job based on shit written on social media.

but i gotta tell you, i did not see that comin! man oh man

[stui magpie]

Well I was wrong, Twitter was right.

I'd discounted him purely because he was from Perth and the alleged offence occurred in Sydney, plus I assumed she was from Sydney.

I don't know enough about any of them to make value judgements on them.

Interesting the age comment. Can you try an adult for an alleged offence they committed as a "child"? (under 18 is a child)