Abuse campaigner says Australia's prime minister apology not enough


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Feb 2022

2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame and advocate for survivors of sexual assault Brittany Higgins attend the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia February 9, 2022. AAP Image/Lukas Coch via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A day after Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised in parliament for the treatment of women who had suffered sexual abuse there, a prominent campaigner said she wanted to see action more than words.

Former political staffer Brittany Higgins, who says she was raped in a parliament office by a fellow staffer, said she was concerned workplace sexual abuse was in danger of becoming a "political perception problem neutralised and turned into a net positive".

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