It turns out that Peter Dutton‘s office was tipped off about an alleged sexual assault inside Parliament House as early as October 2019, well over year before Dutton claims to have personally learned about the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, News.com.au reports. When the rest of Australia learned about Higgins’ historic rape allegations earlier this year, politicians tripped over themselves to state how they didn’t know about it until it became national news. That included Dutton, who said he was only told about the allegations on February 11 this year. He was the Minister for Home Affairs at the time.