Australia’s apology for sexual abuse in Parliament is not enough, campaigner says

Australia’s apology for sexual abuse in Parliament is not enough, campaigner says

SYDNEY — A day after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized in Parliament for the treatment of women who had suffered sexual abuse there, a prominent campaigner said she wanted to see action more than words. Former political staffer Brittany Higgins, who says she was raped in a parliament office by a fellow staffer, said … Read more

Beatty: Rogers’ public apology for crude comment followed maskless, ‘mumbled’ floor exchange

Beatty: Rogers’ public apology for crude comment followed maskless, ‘mumbled’ floor exchange

When Rogers allegedly leveled profanity at Beatty, “I told him I would not be disrespected — that I was a colleague of his, and I was a Black woman, and I wasn’t going to be bullied by him. I actually told him he picked the wrong woman today, because I wasn’t going to be bullied … Read more