Senator says ‘crisis of integrity’ hangs over government while minister remains in post, as legal experts say prosecution possible despite alleged victim’s death
Sarah Hanson-Young has accused Scott Morrison of a “deafening” silence over the historical rape allegation against a cabinet minister and has left open the possibility of detailing the complaint in parliament.
Hanson-Young’s intervention came as the lawyer representing the woman who accused the cabinet minister of raping her in 1988 argued the current situation was “untenable” because “at the moment there are 16 [cabinet ministers] who have a cloud over them, and that cannot continue”.
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