Attorney-General Christian Porter has identified himself as the politician behind the rape allegations of a woman who took her own life last year.
Mr Porter addressed the nation yesterday to say he knew the woman but denies the allegations.
Mr Porter rejected calls to stand aside and stated the rule of law would be worthless if people lost their jobs on the basis of accusations alone.
“I did not sleep with the victim. We didn’t have anything of that nature happen between us,” Mr Porter told a press conference in Perth.
“I can say to you all it didn’t happen. But I can’t criticise or mount a defence or cross-examine someone – I am just not going to do that to the family of this poor woman.”