Government asks sex discrimination commissioner for help as fourth allegation made against man accused of raping Brittany Higgins
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5EFK8)
The ABC reports another woman made a formal report at a police station in Canberra on the weekend
The federal finance minister, Simon Birmingham, says he has spoken to the sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins, about an independent inquiry into parliamentary culture as a fourth complaint emerged against the former staffer who is alleged to have raped Brittany Higgins.
Over the past few days, the Australian newspaper has reported two new allegations against the staffer, after Higgins last week went public with the allegation she was sexually assaulted on a couch in parliament house by a former colleague in March 2019.
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