Furious female Labor staffers have warned MPs and male staffers accused of sexually harassing them at Parliament House that they will no longer keep their secrets . On the eve of mass marches around Australia to demand justice over rape, sexual harassment and toxic workplaces, their angry call has also been backed by former Labor leader Jenny Macklin who has told the women that the anonymous allegations they have raised are unacceptable and cannot continue within the ALP. The women have outlined shocking allegations - including sex without proper consent with intoxicated women, power imbalances and forced kisses - in a private Facebook group for current and former Labor staffers.
A secret Facebook group is being used as a safe space for female Labor staffers to share disturbing allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of male politicians.
The shocking claims range from crude jokes about thigh gaps to sexual assault in a work lift and one politician forcing himself onto a woman despite her attraction to females.
As thousands of people prepare to march across Australia on Monday to protest against sexism, current and former female political staffers have taken to the private Facebook group - warning male MPs they will no longer keep their secrets .
The new reports come after rape allegations rocked Canberra in recent weeks with former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins accusing a male colleague of sexually assaulting her in Parliament House in 2019.
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has denied claims that powerful men are able to get away with bad behaviour because people stay silent to protect the political party. He was responding to extraordinary allegations made by former foreign minister Julie Bishop in an interview on the ABC s
7.30 report on Monday night, where she revealed a group of male Liberal MPs who dubbed themselves the big swinging dicks tried to stymie her career. She added she wasn t surprised that some women chose not to report to police. There s a powerful culture within all political parties to ensure that no individual does anything that would damage the party s prospects, the party s image, or its reputation, particularly at election time, she said on the program.
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