Another woman hastoldThe Australian she was raped by the same man in 2020,whilethe newspaper reported on Monday a third woman has given a statutory declaration outlining allegations of sexual assault by the man during the 2016 election campaign.
A fourth woman on Monday told the ABC’sFour Corners she had made a formal report against the man at a Canberra police station on Sunday.
The woman reportedly alleges the male staffer “reached under the table and stroked her thigh” while socialising with colleagues at Canberra’s Public Bar in 2017.
Speaking prior to the fourth revelation,Labor frontbencher Michelle Rowland said this was “deeply disturbing”.
“There now appears to be an alleged serial rapist on the loose in the ministerial wing of Parliament House,” she told Sky News. “How on earth have we gotten to this position where we now have the Prime Minister saying he didn’t know and no-one thought it was prudent to tell him?”
Mr Morrison undertook during question time to find out whether the male staffer in question had access to Parliament House as a lobbyist or communicated with any ministers or their staff after he left Senator Reynolds’ office in March 2019.