Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Speaker, I have questions for you. Just by way of context for those questions for you: on Monday I asked the Prime Minister a question that included references to access to Parliament House, and the Prime Minister said at the end of that question time that some of those matters were within your responsibility. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister partly responded by advising that the alleged rapist of Brittany Higgins did not have a parliamentary pass, but he did not provide any further information about whether the alleged rapist entered Parliament House or other Commonwealth offices. Again, for completeness of context: on Wednesday, in response to a question from the Greens Senate leader, Larissa Waters, the government leader in the Senate advised on behalf of the Prime Minister that the alleged rapist was on the lobbyist register for some time. Today there are media reports that the alleged rapist has in fact been inside Parliament House since the alleged rape.

My questions to you, Mr Speaker, relate to your role relating to the management of this building. I ask: can you inform the House whether the alleged rapist of Ms Higgins has been present in Parliament House since the alleged rape and, if so, when, in what circumstances and who provided him access to the building?

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