The Australian parliament was shaken by more allegations of sexual abuse on Monday when a whistleblower leaked images of a senior government official masturbating at a legislator’s desk.
The disgusting video obtained by The Australian The newspaper and channel ten: provoked the immediate dismissal of the unnamed assistant, but accompanied other images of at least four members of government staff who have exchanged images of sexual acts of the House of Parliament for years.
One of the clips showed a pixelated man exposing his penis with a copy of the House of Commons rule book just behind him, while another showed a man pointing at the desk of a Liberal woman in parliament before masturbating. s’hi. “The fact that she is a female parliamentarian only adds to the embarrassment she is,” the complainant said, adding that she had been sent so many explicit clips that she had been “immunized”.
The complainant – who was only identified as Tom in the report – admitted to engaging in some of the misconduct, but said he had decided it was the right time to expose what was happening. In addition to sharing the clips, he revealed that it has been known that government employees and even members of parliament have sex in a small room in the House of Parliament that is supposed to be reserved for the prayer or mediation.
“I can probably say there is very little meditation or prayer in this room,” Tom said, admitting he had used the room for sex. The complainant added: “Now is the time to speak, now is the time to put it on record. It’s a culture of men who think they can do whatever they want. “
Following the release of the report, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the videos as “disgusting and disgusting” and said those involved had shown “surprising disrespect” to everyone working in parliament. . The prime minister also confirmed that the man who was filmed masturbating at the table of a female parliamentarian has been fired “immediately”.
The report follows an even more serious charge of sexual abuse on grounds of Parliament. Last month, Morrison ordered a review of the toxic culture of the workplace in the House of Parliament after a former government press officer, Brittany Higgins, 26, alleged that she had been raped by one of her colleagues in a ministerial office in March 2019. Federal police are investigating Higgins’ allegations.
Labor spokeswoman Kristina Keneally said The Australian that the images are even more disgusting for their context. “Coming after the brave revelations of Brittany Higgins, the behavior of these male employees, with their depraved mockery of the desk of a female Coalition MP as a mainstay in their obscene videos, is reprehensible,” he said. to say.
Tom, the complainant, said he is aware that filtering complaints will put him on the line of fire, but that he is fed up with the “club of privileged boys” escaping repeated misconduct, and things must change. . “You have to start by eliminating this toxic, powerful and privileged boys club that does what it wants, when it wants, where it wants,” he said.