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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Dec 07, 2003 11:44am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | News Service - Australia News Limited |
| News Date | Sunday, December 7, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | AUSTRALIAN Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett has been forced to quit over allegations that he assaulted and verbally abused a female Liberal Senator.
Senator Bartlett has been told to put his political career on hold until he sorts out his drinking problem.
Victorian Democrat Lyn Allison became the Democrats' acting leader yesterday, after Senator Bartlett drunkenly manhandled and abused Liberal senator Jeannie Ferris on Thursday night.
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The row started after Senator Bartlett apparently took five bottles of wine from a Coalition Christmas party back to his office.
Senator Ferris asked for the wine back, sparking the angry scene inside the Senate chamber.
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