Inquiry ordered into Grace Tame's claims Claims a taxpayer-funded agency ordered Grace Tame to avoid criticising Scott Morrison at the 2022 Australian of the Year Awards are being investigated. AAP · Feb 8, 2022
‘A moment to draw a line in the sand’: Advocates react to harassment apology Reaction to the 'statement of acknowledgment' has been mixed, with Grace Tame rebuffing the apologies as “electioneering stunts”. The New Daily · Feb 8, 2022
Scott Morrison faces question time grilling over government response to Covid aged care crisis Labor sharpens attack on Coalition’s handling of pandemic and again calls for aged care minister Richard Colbeck to be sacked The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022
Australian PM apologises for ‘terrible’ parliamentary culture after Canberra’s #MeToo reckoning Apology was recommended by landmark review into workplace culture of bullying, abuse, harassment and sexual assault The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022
Scott Morrison says he is sorry, but what has he learned? Scott Morrison said his apology to Brittany Higgins was only the start of repairing parliament’s toxic culture. Australians will be watching for action The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022
Word from The Hill: On Scott Morrison's battle for Religious Discrimination Bill As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022
Australia’s Morrison apologises for sexual assault in parliament PM apologises to ex-staffer Brittany Higgins who said she was raped by a more senior colleague in a minister’s office. Al Jazeera · Feb 8, 2022
Scott Morrison makes formal apology to Brittany Higgins ‘We are sorry’ Brittany Higgins broke down in tears after listening to Australian PM Scott Morrison apologise, ‘We are sorry’ Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2022
Liberal MP to vote against religious discrimination bill that fails to protect transgender students Bridget Archer tells parliament she is ‘horrified’ and draft legislation ‘may risk lives’ while Ian Thorpe says it amounts to ‘state-sanctioned discrimination’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022
Activist who demanded Scott Morrison be sent 'to the gallows' escorted into Parliament House by Craig Kelly An Indigenous activist recently filmed calling for the execution of the Prime Minister has been escorted inside Parliament House by former government MP Craig Kelly. ABC News · Feb 8, 2022
Australian leaders apologise to staff for abuse and bullying in parliament ‘I am sorry. We are sorry’, Australian PM Scott Morrison told parliament in a cross-party apology The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022
Scott Morrison says 'sorry' to Brittany Higgins for 'terrible things' that happened Scott Morrison has said “sorry” to Brittany Higgins during a parliamentary acknowledgement of victims of bullying, harassment and sexual assaults in the parliamentary workplace. The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022
Australia's parliament opens for election year with apology, PM under pressure Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday apologised to a political staffer who said she was raped in a ministerial office, after a review found half of parliamentary staff had experienced harassment, bullying or sexual assault. Reuters · Feb 8, 2022
Daniel Andrews at odds with Scott Morrison over third vaccine dose for international travellers People with only two jabs may face being able to travel into Victoria but not access services and hospitality The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022
Pedestrian.tv · Feb 8, 2022 ‘I Am Sorry. We Are Sorry’: PM Has Finally Apologised To Sexual Harassment Victims In Parliament Scott Morrison has acknowledged and apologised to victims of sexual harassment, assault and rape in Parliament, including Brittany Higgins.
ABC News · Feb 8, 2022 Parliament makes formal apology to victims of harassment, bullying in wake of Jenkins report Australia's political leaders formally apologise to all those who have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault or bullying while working in federal parliament — an action recommended by an independent review into the building's workplace culture..
AAP · Feb 8, 2022 Morrison sorry for assault, harassment Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for sexual harassment, assault and bullying found to be rife in federal parliament.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022 Taming big tech with a big stick makes a great meme for Morrison but it won’t bring about systemic changes Building corporate accountability and imagining alternative models of public infrastructure may be less likely to go viral but is much more important
The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2022 Aukus row: Scott Morrison’s office refuses to release full text exchanges with Macron Australian PM’s adviser says messages between pair ‘contain information that was communicated in confidence’, undermining the earlier selective leaking of one of the texts
Pedestrian.tv · Feb 7, 2022 The Government Has Confirmed Religious Discrimination Bill Will Not Protect Trans Students The Religious Discrimination Bill will protect students “because of their sexuality”, but gender identity, the government has confirmed.
AAP · Feb 7, 2022 PM sorry for 'terrible' parliament conduct Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has received an apology on the floor of federal parliament for her alleged rape in a minister's office.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2022 Religious discrimination bill will not protect trans students from expulsion, Simon Birmingham confirms Senate leader says the issue of discrimination on the basis of gender identity would be examined, but not included now
The New Daily · Feb 7, 2022 Paul Bongiorno: ‘Dutts’ to the rescue in a sure sign of desperate times Supporters of Peter Dutton in his failed 2019 tilt at the Liberal leadership believe he's their only hope of saving the furniture at the election.
AAP · Feb 7, 2022 Right royal ruckus for parliament return Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese return to the parliamentary jousting field on Tuesday ahead of an expected May federal election.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2022 Guardian Essential poll: voter anger cooling at Morrison government handling of pandemic Survey also finds majority of respondents think definition of full vaccination needs to be three jabs