Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised directly to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins who was allegedly raped after hours in the federal parliament, as well as to other staffers who have experienced bullying, abuse, and harassment in the country’s seat of power. Morrison said a review into parliamentary culture found that a “power imbalance” had long been exploited, creating an “ecosystem” that resulted in traumatic experiences, particularly by female staff and politicians. “This review speaks of a long standing culture—generations of culture—in this place, and in the building before it, of bullying and harassment that has occurred over this time, and a power imbalance over that time that has been exploited,” Morrison said on the floor of Parliament on Feb. 8. “That exploitation, abuse, bullying, and harassment has played itself out through terrible, traumatic, and harrowing experiences—the harassment of staff, particularly female staff, as well as the harassment of …
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