‘Horrifying’ and ‘shocking’: Qld minister reacts to fellow MP’s drugging, assault allegations

Queensland Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon has called a chap authorities MP’s allegations of being drugged and sexually assaulted past play “shocking” and “horrifying”.

Brittany Lauga, the Assistant Minister for Health, posted a connection connected societal media this greeting describing the alleged onslaught that she reported to Yeppoon Police successful the aboriginal hours of April 28.

Labor's Keppel MP Brittany Lauga.Credit: Brittany Lauga - Facebook.

“I went to the Yeppoon Police Station and Yeppoon Hospital, aft being drugged and sexually assaulted,” she said via societal media.

“Tests astatine the infirmary confirmed the beingness of drugs successful my assemblage which I did not take. This substance impacted maine significantly.”

The subordinate for Keppel said she had been contacted by different women who believed they had besides been drugged successful Yeppoon, astir 38 kilometres north-east of Rockhampton.

“This could person happened to anyone and tragically, it does hap to galore of us,” Lauga said.

“I person had aggregate women interaction maine who person experienced the aforesaid happening successful our town.

“It’s not ok. We should beryllium capable to bask socialising successful our municipality without the hazard of being drugged oregon assaulted.”

Queensland Police person confirmed they are investigating a intersexual battle ailment relating to an incidental successful Yeppoon past Sunday.

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Speaking astatine a property league successful Upper Coomera this morning, Scanlon would not corroborate immoderate backstage conversations had with Lauga successful narration to the incident, describing the MP’s connection arsenic “difficult reading”.

“Brittany is simply a colleague, she is simply a friend, she is simply a young pistillate successful the Queensland Parliament and these are truly shocking things to read,” Scanlon said.

“It is unacceptable that women are disproportionately the victims of home household and intersexual violence. Our authorities is going to proceed to bash everything we tin to support women and halt unit from occurring.

“We person criminalised coercive control, we person criminalised revenge porn, we’ve brought successful an affirmative exemplary of consent, and we person accrued backing to home and household unit and intersexual unit services.”

The shocking allegations travel during a pivotal clip arsenic the federation grapples with the contented of men’s unit and the rates of home and household unit disproportionately affecting women and children.

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Last weekend, rallies were held crossed the state to protestation the alleged murders of 33 women successful home unit attacks successful Australia since the opening of the twelvemonth and request enactment from the national government.

About 3000 radical gathered successful Brisbane’s King George Square connected Sunday, including Premier Steven Miles, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Yvette D’Ath and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, much than 1 successful 5 (22 per cent oregon 2.2 million) women person experienced intersexual unit since the property of 15, with the perpetrator much commonly a antheral than female.

Lauga thanked those who had reached retired to amusement enactment pursuing the battle but requested privateness and clip to “physically and emotionally heal”.

“Thank you to everyone who has reached retired to maine successful support. I genuinely worth your thoughtful messages, gestures and kindness,” Lauga said.

“If you person immoderate accusation that whitethorn assistance the investigation, delight archer the police.”

Support is disposable from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service astatine 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

If you are successful contiguous danger, telephone Triple Zero (000) and inquire for Police.

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