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Jul 2021
40m 12s

Julia Banks on barriers and boys’ clubs ...

The Guardian
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This week Katharine Murphy interviews former federal Liberal MP Julia Banks – the only member of her party to win a seat held by the opposition at the 2016 election. In her new book, Banks outlines the culture she faced in Canberra, including allegedly being inappropriately touched by a male Coalition MP at Parliament House 
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