Liberal senator accused of 'slut-shaming' alleged Parliament House rape victim

Liberal senator Eric Abetz has denied “slut-shaming” alleged Parliament House rape victim Brittany Higgins, after Tasmania’s Liberal Speaker used parliamentary privilege to claim he had said Higgins she was “so disgustingly drunk” she “would sleep with anybody”.

Liberals divided over same-sex plebiscite

The issue of same-sex marriage is again dividing the federal Coalition, with one conservative Liberal senator saying MPs wouldn’t be bound by the result of a plebiscite.