10 Mar 2021

Pressure mounts over Christian Porter rape allegation

From Nine To Noon, 9:52 am on 10 March 2021

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to look at how Prime Minister Scott Morrison is rejecting calls for an independent inquiry into a historical rape allegation against Christian Porter, the country's Attorney-General, as the woman's former sexual assault counsellor confirms she was told about the alleged attack eight years ago.

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Australia's attorney general Christian Porter leaves a press conference in Perth on March 3, 2021, after he outed himself as the unnamed cabinet minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl.

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