‘I was a staffer, and so was my perpetrator’
Feb 23, 2021 • 20m 48s
Eighteen months ago, Dhanya Mani spoke to the press about being assaulted while working as a Liberal Party staffer. This week, she reflected on how little has changed - and how culpable the prime minister is for that.
‘I was a staffer, and so was my perpetrator’
402 • Feb 23, 2021
‘I was a staffer, and so was my perpetrator’
Eighteen months ago, Dhanya Mani spoke to the press about being assaulted while working as a Liberal Party staffer. This week, she reflected on how little has changed - and how culpable the prime minister is for that.
Guest: Lawyer and founder of Changing Our Headline Dhanya Mani.
Background reading:
‘I was a staffer, and so was my perpetrator’ in The Saturday Paper
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