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Senator David Van rides out pressure to quit after assault allegations

Senator David Van is riding out mounting pressure to quit politics after bombshell sexual assault allegations were levelled against him.

The New Daily

Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund

Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the government’s proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the balance.

The Conversation

Coalition has no intention of taking focus off Katy Gallagher and Higgins settlement

National Bridget McKenzie says Katy Gallagher still has questions to answer on her knowledge of rape allegations made by Brittany Higgins

The New Daily

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Gallagher has questions to answer on Higgins: McKenzie

National senator Bridget McKenzie says there are still unanswered questions on knowledge of rape allegations by Brittany Higgins before they were made public.

AAP

The Coalition’s women problem is writ large in a here-we-go-again moment that returns parliament to its darkest days

Talking up the grossness of politics is a losing strategy, and one that has already backfired for the opposition

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s politicians agree on one thing – it was a shocking week in parliament

Having spent two years trying to do better on sexual violence allegations, the damage will reverberate for some time

The Guardian - AU

A statement regarding Crikey removing an opinion piece by Guy Rundle

Crikey has made the decision to unpublish the article, and apologises to Brittany Higgins and readers.

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Women who have been sexually assaulted in workplaces – or bedrooms or parks – hear the ways we talk about it

When you have been sexually assaulted you question yourself constantly

The Guardian - AU

Oops! News Corp campaign to destroy Higgins takes out Liberal senator

After targeting Brittany Higgins and Labor, News Corp and the opposition have instead found that they’ve taken out one of their own in a disastrous week.

Crikey

Why Liberals still don’t understand women’s anger

Some Liberals may think they are terribly clever in politically scalping Katy Gallagher, but many women see only political point-scoring.

Crikey

The Brittany Higgins case: we’re not required to leave our brains at the security entrance

The former Liberal staffer strategised cannily in media and politics for months, before her story started to fall apart on cross-examination. But after a taxpayer-funded settlement, we have a right to hear the full story.

Crikey

Former senator accuses Van of misconduct

Former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker alleges her then-Liberal colleague Senator David Van ‘inappropriately touched me … it was not accidental’, and a senior barrister says it could be impossible to find an impartial jury to try disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith with war crimes.

Crikey

Grattan on Friday: Liberals come a cropper when they try to dig afresh into the Brittany Higgins story

Two women ended up in tears in the Senate this week, as the Higgins imbroglio exploded yet again and in the process claimed a scalp.

The Conversation

Fresh allegation on Senator Van ends Parliament’s ‘abomination’ of a week

Senator Van denied the allegation, but said he had moved his parliamentary office away from Senator Thorpe’s in 2021.

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Row erupts over leaks of Higgins' texts and settlement

The prime minister says the political fighting over Brittany Higgins' leaked text messages is not a good look for parliament.

Crikey

Labor set to oppose Greens’ plea to establish a Murdoch royal commission

The Greens are trying to establish a News Corp royal commission. Now they need to find votes.

The New Daily

Thorpe details sexual assault allegation in parliament

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has used a speech to parliament to detail sexual assault allegations against a Liberal senator.

Crikey

Right-wing accounts are spreading claims that Lidia Thorpe’s sexual assault allegations are false

Right-wing social media groups and accounts are claiming Lidia Thorpe is lying about being sexually assaulted, with some posts going viral.

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Crikey

Why the eerie quiet on Lidia Thorpe’s sexual assault allegation?

Lidia Thorpe’s extraordinary allegations against David Van have been met with a very different reaction to those made by Brittany Higgins.

Crikey

Another Thorpedo

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe accused Liberal Senator David Van of sexual assault, then later withdrew the claim and said she’d elaborate today, and there’s speculation Rupert Murdoch is eyeing off buying The Spectator magazine.

The Guardian - AU

Lisa Wilkinson lodges official complaint with Seven Network over Bruce Lehrmann interview

Complaint also relates to mention of letter allegedly sent by Brittany Higgins to Wilkinson, who claims she has no record of it

Al Jazeera

Australian senator accuses male colleague of sexual assault

Conservative senator David Van suspended by party after Lidia Thorpe alleged he ‘harassed’ and ‘sexually assaulted’ her.

The New Daily

Lidia Thorpe’s allegations halts Senate debate on Higgins affair

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe alleged an upper house colleague, David Van, sexually harassed and assaulted her on Wednesday afternoon.

The Conversation

Lidia Thorpe alleges she was 'sexually assaulted' by Liberal senator David Van – a claim he brands 'disgusting'

Crossbench senator Lidia Thorpe has accused Victorian Liberal senator David Van of sexually assaulting her – a claim he immediately branded disgusting and untrue.

The Guardian - AU

Lidia Thorpe withdraws accusation made in parliament of sexual assault against senator David Van

Liberal vehemently denied the claims made by the independent senator under privilege, which she later withdrew to comply with Senate rules

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