Australian PM Condemned For 'Shocking' Response To Sexual Abuse Claims
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Former government aide Brittany Higgins -- whose allegation she was raped by a colleague, in parliament, sparked national protests -- said "too little has changed" since she went public a year ago.
Two prominent advocates for sexual abuse survivors pilloried Australia's prime minister Wednesday, decrying "weasel words" and a response to widespread abuse that had not "measured up".
Former government aide Brittany Higgins -- whose allegation she was raped by a colleague, in parliament, sparked national protests -- said "too little has changed" since she went public a year ago.
In a widely watched speech, Higgins was sorrowful and withering about the actions of a conservative government she once served.
Higgins said Prime Minister Scott Morrison's response, which invoked his own daughters and wife, had been "shocking and at times, admittedly, a bit offensive".
