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Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has become the second Greens MP to cut short a press conference after questions about bullying allegations against senator Dorinda Cox.
Greens party leader Adam Bandt has defended his party’s handling of bullying allegations directed at senator Dorinda Cox and declared the embattled West Australian has his full support.
Embattled Greens senator Dorinda Cox has threatened legal action against her own party,halting moves to start a formal censure motion over allegations the MP bullied staff in her office.
Adam Bandt was briefed on a series of scathing assessments of his party’s internal culture.
WA party officials will investigate the complaints and the party asked any others affected to come forward.
Two more former Greens staff have come forward with fresh allegations about senator Dorinda Cox,piling pressure on party leader Adam Bandt to take action.
Greens leader Bandt was repeatedly asked what steps he and his office had taken to investigate the allegations against Cox raised with his office.