More friends and family of Christian Porter accuser back calls for rape allegation inquiry

The attorney general acknowledges he may have seen the woman after 1988, despite saying he had no recollection of further contact

Scott Morrison faces a growing clamour for an independent investigation into the contested rape allegation against Christian Porter, as the attorney general acknowledged he may have had contact with the woman after 1988.

Hours after the prime minister had rejected the need for an arm's-length probe on the basis that would offend the rule of law, the family of the woman who alleged Porter assaulted her when they were teenagers backed any inquiry" that would shed light on the circumstances surrounding" her death in June 2020.