In a week celebrating International Women’s Day, we might well look for the political reasons behind the attacks on women by the federal government. Australia has long had family political dynasties that have benefited from capitalist exploitation of workers, women, blacks, and minority groups.
The Porter family ‘dynasty’
Attorney General Christian Porter says he remembers very little of events during a debating competition at Sydney University in 1988. ...
At the press conference, Porter claimed no one had put the allegations of the complainant to him, but conceded that their substance was known to him since Nov ’20.
Neither Morrison nor Porter read the 31-page-statement of the complainant. Porter did seek the advice of a defamation lawyer prior to giving the press conference. Was this to scare people off from making allegations or to prevent more women and witnesses from coming forward?
At a press conference on the 3rd March Christian Porter said:
“I prosecuted in trial and at sentence the most serious sexual assaults against women and children. That was my job before politics.” – Christian Porter.
What a terrible irony it would be if this man who prosecuted rapists was one himself.
A full investigation into the allegations of the complainant needs to be undertaken immediately.
Ian Curr
3 Mar 2021
