Brittany higgins welcomes offer to meet with prime minister scott morrison 20210326 p5y4xl.html – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
Advertisement
Advertisement
This was published 5 years ago

Brittany Higgins welcomes offer to meet with Prime Minister Scott Morrison

9News Staff

Powered by

Brittany Higgins has welcomed an offer from Prime Minister Scott Morrison to meet in person.

Ms Higgins went public in February with allegations she was raped inside Parliament House.

Ms Higgins claims she was sexually assaulted by a male political staffer in then-Defence Industry Minister and current Defence Minister Linda Reynolds' ministerial office in the early hours of March 23, 2019.

Advertisement

And while the claims have dominated politics, the Prime Minister has not yet spoken with Ms Higgins.

BrittanY Higgins speaks at Canberra March 4 Justice

Brittany Higgins speaks at Canberra March 4 Justice Nine

Brittany Higgins told 9News she was never made aware the Prime Minister was "willing to discuss my concerns about how my assault was handled".

"I welcome the opportunity to meet the Prime Minister to discuss how the workplace culture in parliament house can be improved," Ms Higgins said.

In an interview with Tracy Grimshaw and aired on A Current Affair last night, Mr Morrison said there had been an offer speak with Ms Higgins before she had aired the allegation.

"At the time, just before she departed, she was offered the opportunity to come and speak with me, with Minister Cash," Mr Morrison said.

READ MORE: Prime Minister's solutions to fix issues inside Parliament House

email icon

Contact us

Share a tip-off, video or photo with us

Most viewed in Australia

More to explore