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That is where I will leave you for today. Here's what we learned:

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Our own Katharine Murphy is now reporting the same. The cabinet minister has engaged the services of a defamation lawyer, Murphy reports.

New: The minister at the centre of the allegation of rape in 1988 has engaged the services of defamation lawyer Peter Bartlett, and there is a strong prospect he will make a statement tomorrow #auspol