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Australian opposition party expels senator over sexual misconduct allegations
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 15, 2023 02:41pm |
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| Author | Associated Press |
| News Date | Thursday, June 15, 2023 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party expelled a senator on Thursday after a female senator accused him of sexual assault and a former senator said he squeezed her buttocks, in the latest evidence of a toxic culture in Parliament House that is hostile to women.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton said he expelled Sen. David Van from the conservative Liberal Party following allegations made in Parliament on Wednesday night by independent Sen. Lidia Thorpe of harassment and sexual assault. Van remains a senator, but no longer represents the Liberal Party.
Van denied the allegations, which were made under parliamentary privilege, under which no one can be sued for defamation over anything said in the Senate.
But he has yet to respond to the statement that followed from former Liberal Party Sen. Amanda Stoker that said Van had apologized for ″squeezing my bottom twice” at Parliament House. |
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