Greens senator Dorinda Cox says ‘significant missing context’ in reports of alleged bullying

West Australian senator acknowledges challenges' in office and apologised for the distress this may have caused'

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Greens senator Dorinda Cox says she takes responsibility for any shortcomings" as an employer and has apologised for the distress this may have caused" but said there has been significant missing context" in the reports of bullying allegations within her office.

Cox, a Noongar Yamatji woman, is the first Indigenous woman to represent Western Australia in the upper house.