ACT Attorney-General Tara Cheyne has revealed she is a past victim of a sexual assault by a stranger, an incident that still traumatises her.
During a debate in the Legislative Assembly about a motion on women’s safety, Ms Cheyne spoke for the first time about the incident that occurred outside of Canberra while she was in her 20s.
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