In February 2021 the alleged 2019 sexual assault of a female ministerial staffer at Parliament House in Canberra became public knowledge. Within less than two weeks the public also became aware of the alleged 1988 sexual assault of a 16 year-old girl in Sydney by a man who is now a cabinet minister in the Morrison Coalition Government.
The first allegation can be investigated by police and if charges are laid it can be tested at law, the second allegation cannot be investigated or tested at law because the alleged victim died in 2020 and therefore NSW Police cannot lawfully investigate the claims made before her death.
Essential Research conducted an online survey of 1,074 respondents from 24 February to 1 March 2021.
According to The Guardian on 2 March 2021, about 65% of those surveyed agreed with the statement: “The government has been more interested in protecting itself than the interests of those who have been assaulted.”
A gender breakdown showed that level was 68% among women and 62% of men.
Based on federal voting intentions, the statement was backed by 76% of Labor supporters, 51% of Coalition supporters and 88% of Greens supporters.
Again according to The Guardian; nearly seven in 10 respondents agreed with the statement that “it’s wrong that the Liberal party did not notify the police to launch a criminal inquiry immediately after the allegations were made” – a view that was backed by about six in 10 Coalition supporters.
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