Scott Morrison must call an independent inquiry into the Christian Porter rape allegation. It’s the only valid course

The PM needs to decide whether to let the attorney general's defence be the last word on the case or to represent all the interests involved, including the alleged victim's

If Christian Porter was somehow unaware that survivors of sexual assault in the #MeToo era have had enough of being silenced, the Australian of the year, Grace Tame, appeared at the National Press Club on Wednesday to remind him.

Only an hour or so before the attorney general confirmed the worst-kept secret on the internet - that he was the unnamed cabinet minister at the centre of a rape allegation from 1988 - Tame stood before reporters in Canberra and delivered a speech of piercing moral clarity.