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Sydney: That Australian Senator On Thursday, she said another Senate senator followed her, aggressively proposing and touching her inappropriately Parliament She called on the government to make the building safer for women.
In a tearful speech in Parliament, an independent senator Lydia Thorpe She said she decided not to take legal action or file a police complaint about the matter, and did not identify anyone responsible for the behavior in her letter.
“I have been subjected to sexual comments and been propositioned inappropriately by powerful men,” Thorpe said the Senatewhere her comments are protected by parliamentary privilege.
She said a man followed her to the stairwell, where there were no witnesses or security cameras.
Thorpe told the Senate, “There are different understandings of what amounts to sexual assault. What I went through was pursued, forcefully presented, and inappropriately touched.”
Thorpe made the comments on Thursday after she accused Liberal Party senator David Vann of sexually harassing and assaulting her during the previous parliamentary session.
Fan immediately denied the accusations on Wednesday. Thorpe later withdrew them, saying it was to comply with Senate rules forbidding comments about someone’s character.
On Thursday, Thorpe said she would talk about her experience, and did not name Van or say when the incidents occurred.
In a statement to the Senate following Thorpe’s speech, Vann said the allegations were “outrageous” and again denied them all.
“I will fully cooperate with investigators and answer any questions I may have, and Senator Thorpe should do the same,” Vann said.
Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton said in a statement that he had been made aware of further allegations involving Van and Van would be excluded from party meetings.
Dutton said the decision was not a reflection on Vann’s guilt or innocence, and Vann remains a senator.
Thorpe’s allegations follow numerous reports of sexual assault and misconduct in Parliament, which led to an independent inquiry into Parliamentary workplace culture which found one in three people working there had experienced sexual harassment.
“I know there are others who have gone through similar things and have not come forward in the interest of their careers and in fear of being presented to the world by the media in the same way I was today,” Thorpe said.
In a tearful speech in Parliament, an independent senator Lydia Thorpe She said she decided not to take legal action or file a police complaint about the matter, and did not identify anyone responsible for the behavior in her letter.
“I have been subjected to sexual comments and been propositioned inappropriately by powerful men,” Thorpe said the Senatewhere her comments are protected by parliamentary privilege.
She said a man followed her to the stairwell, where there were no witnesses or security cameras.
Thorpe told the Senate, “There are different understandings of what amounts to sexual assault. What I went through was pursued, forcefully presented, and inappropriately touched.”
Thorpe made the comments on Thursday after she accused Liberal Party senator David Vann of sexually harassing and assaulting her during the previous parliamentary session.
Fan immediately denied the accusations on Wednesday. Thorpe later withdrew them, saying it was to comply with Senate rules forbidding comments about someone’s character.
On Thursday, Thorpe said she would talk about her experience, and did not name Van or say when the incidents occurred.
In a statement to the Senate following Thorpe’s speech, Vann said the allegations were “outrageous” and again denied them all.
“I will fully cooperate with investigators and answer any questions I may have, and Senator Thorpe should do the same,” Vann said.
Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton said in a statement that he had been made aware of further allegations involving Van and Van would be excluded from party meetings.
Dutton said the decision was not a reflection on Vann’s guilt or innocence, and Vann remains a senator.
Thorpe’s allegations follow numerous reports of sexual assault and misconduct in Parliament, which led to an independent inquiry into Parliamentary workplace culture which found one in three people working there had experienced sexual harassment.
“I know there are others who have gone through similar things and have not come forward in the interest of their careers and in fear of being presented to the world by the media in the same way I was today,” Thorpe said.
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