Australian politics live: Scott Morrison warns media to ‘be careful’ on questions of sexual misconduct
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Again, we don’t know if the complainant wanted their allegation made public.
To have the prime minister air that allegation, just moments after talking about how women were afraid to come forward at work, was jarring.
The prime minister’s staff have told Sky News the incident mentioned by Morrison does not involve Sky News, according to Sky political editor Andrew Clennell. It remains unclear whether the incident referred to happened somewhere else in News Corp.
“There is no allegation before Sky News of the type Scott Morrison alleged in his press conference,” Clennell said after the PM’s press conference where he claimed there was an investigation into harassment “in your own organisation”.
“I think he needs to clarify why he felt it was OK to breach the confidence of who might have made a complaint,” Clennell said.
News Corp has been approached for comment about whether the incident happened somewhere else in the company.
