Scott Morrison and Katy Gallagher have both denied misleading the parliament over what they knew about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.
Morrison told parliament he spoke to Brown over the weekend and had reviewed the events of the parliamentary sitting week that began on February 15, 2021, when Higgins went public with her rape allegation.“On the Thursday [of that week in February 2021] just before 3pm, I responded to a further question addressing these matters on that day.
“In my response, I confirmed that I had raised the matter with a member of my staff and that was my recollection at the time.”Morrison said his recollection differed from that of Brown but while he believed “my response to be accurate at the time, I cannot obviously fully discount that her recollection of those events now were the more accurate”.
“However, I reject absolutely any suggestion of deliberate intent in any such possible inaccuracy in my response and am pleased to have taken the first opportunity available to clarify these matters to the house,” Morrison said.in the lead-up to Higgins initially going public, following the publication of text messages indicating the Labor frontbencher was made aware in early 2021.
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