Australia s Attorney General (AG) Christian Porter has identified himself as the government minister facing a historical rape allegation and fronted the media on Wednesday to deny the allegation.The allegation came to light at the end of .
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Two weeks ago, former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins came forward with allegations of rape against a senior Liberal staffer. Since then, a further two women have come forward with allegations against the same man.
Other allegations have also come forward, including one against a Labor MP and a historical case.
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A dossier containing 30-pages of accusations and allegations had been circulating among the now-deceased womanâs friends and a handful of journalists.
After a meeting of federal cabinet last Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Porter to his office to discuss the contents and ramifications of an anonymous letter he was expecting to receive that week. It had been sent to Liberal MP Celia Hammond, who made the Prime Ministerâs office aware of it.
âWe had a discussion about it . it is obviously a distressing situation, he acknowledged that . I was the subject of it and it had gone to the AFP,â Porter recalled.
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