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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Michael McGowan

‘Should have clocked her’: NSW Shooters MP told to apologise over alleged comment in parliament

NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party leader Robert Borsak
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party leader Robert Borsak has been urged to apologise to a female MP over a comment allegedly made in parliament. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The leader of the New South Wales Shooters party has been accused of “intimidating” behaviour after he allegedly said that a fellow parliamentarian should have “clocked” a female MP during a division in parliament.

The comment, which follows a scathing review of Macquarie Street’s culture by the former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, has prompted new concerns about complaints handling inside the state’s parliament.

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