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More politicians have come forward as having known about a historical rape allegation against a current cabinet minister before it became public last Friday, with Labor MP
Daniel Mulino telling the ABC he was contacted by the alleged victim, a friend of his, in December 2019.
Liberal MP
Celia Hammond was also sent a 31-page dossier outlining the allegations on Wednesday along with the offices of
Scott Morrison, Labor’s
Sarah Hanson-Young and Australian Federal Police Commissioner
Reece Kershaw. Hammond had been asked by Morrison to lead an inquiry into the Liberal party’s workplace culture following separate allegations, although that was later rolled in a broader, independent investigation.
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds was on Sunday released from hospital
She will return to ministerial duties in mid-March after taking two weeks off
Scott Morrison on Thursday said Ms Reynolds is doing a great job in her role
Brittany Higgins, 24, alleged she was raped in the minister s office in 2019
Senator Reynolds was taken to a hospital in Canberra on Wednesday morning
Hospitalisation was a precautionary measure relating to an existing condition
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When ABC TV presenter Yumi Stynes and former Dolly Doctor Melissa Kang sat down two years ago to write a handbook for teenagers about consent, they couldn’t know they would be launching the book in the midst of a national conversation about sexual assault.
It’s a topic that has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks with Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape in Parliament House and online testimony that sexual assault by peers is “endemic” within the social circles of Sydney teenagers.
Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes, co-authors of the forthcoming book for teens, Welcome to Consent.