Tanya Plibersek says she does not respect Prime Minister Scott Morrison as she criticised his handling of the Brittany Higgins rape allegations.
Speaking with Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell, the Shadow Education Minister described the treatment of the former Liberal staffer as “appalling”.
Brittany Higgins was a media advisor to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds when she says she was sexually assaulted by a male Liberal Party staffer in the Minister’s office, following a night of drinking.
Ms Plibersek said the government had failed Ms Higgins, noting Scott Morrison had “really let her down”.
“He is a clever politician who will do anything to stay prime minister,” she said.
“There is a lot of people on the other side of politics that I like and respect, he’s not one of them.”