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The Briefing: Joyce accused of sexual harassment
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News Corp tabloids have accused deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce of sexually harassing a woman at an awards function in 2011.
The Daily Telegraph reports ($) that an unnamed woman has claimed Joyce drunkenly pinched her bottom at a 2011 Rural Women’s Award dinner. Fairfax, meanwhile, has published details of text messages between a former staffer of Palmer United Party senator Dio Wang and an aide to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull alleging Joyce’s “unacceptable” behaviour on the night in question.
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The Saturday Paper