The new Queensland Premier will now “take some advice” about the LNP’s previous vow to scrap pill-testing services at schoolies amid concerns from doctors.
Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.
Ex-Liberal senator David Van’s use of his official social media accounts to message women – using terms like “babe” and “hon” – raised alarm in Scott Morrison’s office in 2021.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is facing off against Victorian counterpart John Pesutto as they back opposing candidates to replace senator David Van.
Parliament still has a poisonous legacy for women,but enduring change is now locked in. There is no going back.
Writing to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella to resign,Van said he was deeply distressed he had not been afforded procedural fairness over misconduct claims.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton confirmed he had been made aware of a third allegation of sexual harassment against the embattled Liberal senator,a day after booting him from the Liberal party room.
Anthony Albanese and the Labor leadership could turn the blowtorch on Dutton next week,but the more important point is that Australians were badly served by the Coalition’s determination to reopen old wounds.
Senator David Van has denied a claim by Amanda Stoker that he inappropriately touched her at a function at Parliament House three years ago.
The former Queensland LNP senator joins ex-charities commissioner Gary Johns at the Samuel Griffith Society’s Voice to parliament Symposium next month.