Independent senator Lidia Thorpe will has used parliamentary privilege to accuse Liberal senator David Van of sexually harassing and assaulting her, prompting an angry and emphatic denial.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison said he had no recollection of the allegations, or, as Senator Thorpe alleged, of intervening to move Senator Van’s office away from Senator Thorpe’s.
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