Given that Senator Van has now denied the behaviour, even though it was promptly reported and documented, it tells me something. It tells me that speaking up was the right thing to do.
Last Thursday night, I issued a statement about an incident in 2020 in which Senator David Van inappropriately touched me at an informal social gathering in a parliamentary office.
It was not appropriate conduct in a workplace. It was unprofessional and uninvited. I dealt with it as you would expect a woman in a senior leadership role to. I pulled him up on it immediately, laid down the law, and made it very clear that a repeat would not be tolerated – by me or anyone else. I didn’t run to the media, and I didn’t try to destroy a colleague.
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Amanda Stoker is Queensland Assistant Minister for Finance.
