Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised on Tuesday to a woman who alleged she was raped in the country's parliament by an unnamed colleague. He also promised a thorough investigation into the government's workplace culture.
"That should not have happened, and I do apologise," Morrison told reporters in Canberra. "I want to make sure any young woman working in this place is as safe as possible."
The woman said she had been raped in the office of Defence Minister Linda Reynolds in March 2019 by someone who also worked for Morrison's ruling Liberal party. Reynolds on Monday confirmed she had been told of the complaint last year, though she denied the woman was pressured against making a police complaint.