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Call for Oz Parliamentary Speaker's resignation following sexual harassment charges | Australian parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has
been asked to step aside by the opposition until the case alleging sexual harassment
against him was before the court. Slipper has denied the charges of sexually harassing
a young male staff and misusing taxpayer-funded cab charges through Twitter The
claims against Slipper allege that he recruited 33-year-old James Ashby for the
sole purpose of having a sexual relationship with him, news.com.au reports. The
application filed with the Federal Court mentions that Slipper allegedly sent
Ashby a series of explicit text messages making his sexual intentions clear. Leader
of the Opposition Tony Abbott said that the Speaker's role was to uphold the integrity
of parliament and Slipper should step aside while the allegations were heard in
court. The Australian police have said that they were also aware about the new
allegations that Slipper misused taxpayer-funded cab charges. A spokeswoman said
that the AAP police was looking into the matter.
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