Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has denied misleading parliament over the Brittany Higgins case, saying Labor was not out to 'weaponise' the issue for political gain.
"You had allegations by a Liberal staffer that another Liberal staffer had a sexual assault in a Liberal minister's office, and somehow, somehow Katy Gallagher has some responsibility for what was going on here," he said.
"The release of text messages and audio recordings has brought into question the conduct of some senior Labor ministers, and the prime minister himself, relating to whether they chose to weaponise a rape allegation for political purposes," Ms Ley said on Friday.Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said clarifying the context of the text messages was important."We shouldn't run a running commentary on the cases that are going on, because there are processes still underway.
"We have to remember that Brittany Higgins is a very vulnerable young woman and making her the punching bag of a political attack is really unsavoury."Ms Steggall called for the content of emails and phone calls made by Senator Reynolds after she was made aware of the alleged assault to be made public and also defended Senator Gallagher.
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