Sexualised, violent threats: female Victorian MPs fear for their safety as they fight more than just next month’s election
Purcell, a Victorian upper house MP whose region partly overlaps with Haines’s federal electorate, wrote that the alleged attack had sent chills down her…
The Guardian reports: Purcell, a Victorian upper house MP whose region partly overlaps with Haines’s federal electorate, wrote that the alleged attack had sent chills down her…
Hostility from constituents is not new for the state’s politicians, including its premiers.
This politics story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Victorian MPs, Helen Haines and Victorian.
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- Victorian MPs, Helen Haines, Victorian, Georgie Purcell
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