Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has sensationally revealed that he was tipped off about the alleged rape at Parliament House on February 11 by the AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw - 24 hours before news.com.au lodged questions on the incident. Mr Dutton, who is himself a former drug squad cop, told Parliament that he had also been given further briefings last week and again this week on how the case was progressing. The Prime Minister has consistently maintained that his office didn t know about the allegation until news.com.au contacted his media team for comment at 2:30pm on Friday, February 12.
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A parliamentary intern has shared text messages she received from the former Liberal staffer accused of raping Brittany Higgins, showing he invited her to a senator s office at Parliament House.
Ms Higgins, a former parliamentary staffer, claims she was assaulted by a male colleague inside their boss Defence Minister Linda Reynolds office in 2019.
Another three women have since come forward to allege they were assaulted by the same man.
The allegations have prompted another former intern to share intimate details about her experiences with the man on a couch in the office of a Nationals senator at Parliament House in 2014.
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A fourth woman has levelled sexual assault allegations at the sacked Liberal Party staffer who is accused of raping Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House.
Ms Higgins claims she was raped by a male colleague inside Defence Minister Linda Reynolds office in 2019 when she was just 24, but felt pressured to stay silent in order to keep her dream job.
Two more women accused the former government worker of rape after Ms Higgins went public last week, and now a fourth alleged victim has taken her story to Canberra police on Sunday.
Labor frontbencher Michelle Rowland said revelations of a fourth victim were deeply disturbing .