‘Let’s see you dance on the table’: Fatima Payman reports senior male parliamentary colleague over comments

Senator makes complaint about colleague’s behaviour at function, which she alleges was sexual and racial in natureAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenator Fatima Payman has reported a male parliamentary colleague to the parliament’s workplace complaints service, after claiming she was subjected to inappropriate comments at a function.The ABC’s Triple J Hack program reported on Wednesday that Payman, the former Labor senator who now sits as an independent, had made a complaint about a senior colleague who “had had too many drinks” and made comments such as “let’s get some wine into you and see you dance on the table”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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