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Mark Parton, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory, admitted on Thursday to sending a text stating “my job is boring” during a committee meeting. The official complaint regarding the text being sent to a sex worker has been dismissed, with Parton refuting the sender’s identity.
The official complaint against Mark Parton has been dismissed, while he has referred alleged harassment to the police. Parton confirmed the text was sent during a committee meeting but did not disclose the recipient or further details surrounding the message.
Mark Parton has dismissed an official complaint regarding his text message, which he attributed to a personal communication style, asserting that it was not sent to a sex worker. He has also referred the matter to the police, indicating that he intends to address any allegations of harassment.
What remains unclear — Parton has not disclosed the identity of the recipient of the text message.
Australian politician Mark Parton admits to texting ‘my job is boring’ but denies sending it to a sex worker
Mark Parton is facing a complaint about sending a text to a ‘sex worker’ (Picture: ABC)
An Australian politician has been left red-faced after being forced to admit on Thursday he texted ‘my job is boring’ during a meeting.
Mark Parton – who leads the opposition Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory – was this week subject to a complaint alleging he sent the message to a sex worker, local media reported.
‘And f*** my job is boring. Wanna swap,’ Parton reportedly wrote, accompanied by a picture of a committee meeting last month, according to the Canberra Times.
He initially dismissed the complaint, which also claimed the message was sent to a sex worker, as a ‘smear’.
However, he told journalists on Thursday that he did send the text, but denied that it was to a sex worker.
‘Again, I’m sorry. I’m not going to entertain questions that are completely removed from that and that are not in the public interest. I’m just not going there,’ he said.
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He did not say who the message was sent to and defended it, arguing he was still ‘holding the government to account’.
‘There’s a hell of a lot of private messages that are sent from a hell of a lot of people in the context of sitting days and hearings,’ he said.
‘I think it’s appropriate to send private messages to people that are not designed for the public realm. I’ve got an off-the-cuff larrikin communication style,’ he admitted, using an Australian slang term referring to someone with an irreverent sense of humour.
The official complaint has been dismissed, and he has referred the police to the alleged ‘harassment’.
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