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After Brittany Higgins: will the Foster review prevent another 'serious incident' at parliament?

By Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Last Friday afternoon, as parliament rose after a bruising sitting fortnight, the Morrison government released a “consultation copy” of the Foster review.

This is one of five reviews or inquiries Scott Morrison initiated in the wake of Brittany Higgins’ allegation she was sexually assaulted in a ministerial office and did not receive adequate support in the aftermath.…

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