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No changes to Parliament House policy following Brittany Higgins alleged rape More than two years after an alleged rape at Parliament House, there have been no changes to policy to help staff respond to serious incidents. The revelation came out of Senate Estimates on Monday, after Labor Senator Katy Gallagher demanded to know how safety processes had been strengthened. "Has anything changed to the way the Department [of Parliamentary Services] responds to incidents at APH since March 2019? And...

Prime Minister  Scott Morrison has talked his way around answering why there has been so little change in Parliament House since the alleged rape of Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins two years ago. During Question Time on Monday, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese asked the Prime Minister why Parliament House has seen next to no change in terms of its response to serious incidents. “This morning, Senate estimates were told that more than two years after the reported sexual assault of Bri...