Scott Morrison pushes 'professional behaviour' changes after Brittany Higgins' rape allegations

Prime minister says his wife, Jenny, urged him to respond to Higgins’ allegation ‘as a father first’

Scott Morrison has drafted one of his own MPs and a deputy secretary of his department to develop options to improve “the environment” of Parliament House after allegations from former government staffer Brittany Higgins that she was raped by a colleague in 2019.

The prime minister told reporters on Tuesday he had asked Liberal backbencher Celia Hammond, a former university vice-chancellor, to lead a process of internal consultation about how to improve “professional behaviour” in political offices.

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