The attorney general, 50, was accused of raping a woman when he was 17 and she was 16 at an event in Sydney in 1988. The woman took her own life and police closed an investigation.
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Commentator Jessica Irvine got into a heated debate with Senator Matt Canavan on the Today Show, arguing no minister who has been accused of sexual assault should keep their job.