6+ day, 18+ hour ago (458+ words) The Senate has rejected a motion to establish an inquiry into the ABC after Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson pursued her former employer over its "very big failings. The Senate has rejected an inquiry into ABC's editorial standards after Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson pushed to see her former employer scrutinised. Senator Henderson, a former ABC journalist, attempted to move a motion for the establishment on inquiry into the broadcaster over its impartiality and accuracy obligations. The Senator had expressed concerns about "egregious errors made by the ABC being overlooked, prompting her lodge a Notice of Motion. However, Senators voted down the motion on Wednesday afternoon " a move Senator Henderson said was "very disappointing. "There have been many times when the ABC has failed the impartiality test, she told Sky News Australia. The Senator said though she believed the ABC did "some…...

18+ hour, 15+ min ago (451+ words) Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson has urged the Albanese government to apologise over the way senior Ministers handled accusations of a cover-up of Brittany Higgins' rape allegations. Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson has dramatically called out the Albanese government after Foreign Minister Penny Wong rejected suggestions of wrongdoing over its handling of the Brittany Higgins scandal. Senator Wong and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher infamously grilled former defence minister Linda Reynolds and her chief of staff Fiona Brown in 2021, claiming the Morrison government attempted a cover-up of Ms Higgins' rape allegations. Two separate defamation rulings have since found Ms Higgins' cover-up claims lacked merit, but Senator Wong refused to acknowledge the government's accusations were unfounded. Senator Gallagher has declined to comment on the scandal. Pressed over the matter during the final week of Senate Estimates for 2025, Senator Wong said: "I've already given that…...