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Liberal leader Peter Dutton has told Sydney radio 2GB he believes senator David Van should resign from parliament and seek help.
Dutton said:
I think it is in everyone’s best interest that he resign from the parliament and I hope he’s able to do that sooner than later. And, and seek the help that he needs.
Dutton said it was up to the Victorian branch of the Liberal party whether he remained in the Liberal party.
Dutton said he had “no regrets” in expelling Van from the Liberal party room and that he did not act “right off the back” of Lidia Thorpe’s allegations, which she raised in the parliament. Van has vehemently denied Thorpe’s claims.
Dutton said he made his decision after speaking to former senator Amanda Stoker, who alleged Van had inappropriately touched her at a social event in November 2020. Van said he recalled a conversation with Stoker, but not the incident she alleged to have occurred.
Van has said he believes it is unfair that he was removed from the Liberal party room. Dutton said he stands by his choice and that he does not tolerate the kind of behaviour Van has been accused of.
I’ve been very clear about that for many, many years, and it’s not a throwaway line for me. I believe that very strongly, and I believe that I had to act and I did that and don’t have any regrets in doing so.
Updated at 20.57 EDT29m ago20.29 EDTPeter Dutton accuses Lidia Thorpe of besmirching ‘everybody’ who works in Parliament House
The opposition leader Peter Dutton has accused Senator Lidia Thorpe of besmirching “everybody who works in Parliament House” with sexual assault allegations he says lack detail.
While Dutton moved to ban Senator David Van from the Liberal party room following Thorpe’s sexual assault allegations, Dutton has now taken aim at the independent senator. Speaking to 3AW radio station, he said:
Senator Thorpe – and it’s been well documented in the papers, her conduct inside and outside of the chamber – does need to seek support … with all due respect to her.
… I think Senator Thorpe has…
2023-06-15 19:40:03
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