Thousands of people will protest against the discrimination of women and alleged sexual abuse in the nation’s Parliament in 40 marches planned across Australia.
When I was sexually harassed,it was me who left the law firm. My harasser is still there.
But it would be deeply ironic and quite unfair if Kimmitt was to depart while Christian Porter returned to work without facing any independent investigation.
Cabinet minister Linda Reynolds and Christian Porter are paying their own legal fees after engaging defamation lawyers in separate matters.
The reports say MinterEllison chief executive Annette Kimmitt has been forced out of the firm over the backlash from a senior partner’s decision to advise Attorney-General Christian Porter.
The Prime Minister has praised the Attorney-General,who is on leave,as a “fine minister”.
The involvement of prominent law firm MinterEllison in advising Attorney-General Christian Porter has caused deep divisions and has potentially damaging financial consequences.
The Prime Minister has expressed his confidence in acting Industrial Relations Minister Michaelia Cash as the government prepares to push its workplace overhaul through Parliament.
Until the events of last week engulfed the government,the PM’s passion for the rule of law was repeatedly missing in action.
The Labor Party has called for the abolition of Pearce while the Liberal Party wants Anne Aly’s electorate of Cowan to go in a redistribution of seats by the Australian Electoral Commission.
Scott Morrison’s invocation of the rule of law over the Christian Porter allegation is not so evident when it comes to other judicial activities by this government.