Ethical questions

There are major ethical questions arising about both the abusive culture of politics in Canberra and the allegations facing MPs - not only on one side of politics.

From recent media on this:

• one of the 16 men in Cabinet has been accused (not charged, let alone tried or convicted as yet) of raping a girl in 1988: that cloud is hanging over all of them; 
• an allegation (also not charged, let alone tried or convicted as yet) of rape by an ALP MP was also forwarded to the Australian Federal Police - but that had been investigated and discarded YEARS ago, making it an example of muck-raking politics at its worst; 
• an article has pointed out that the Ministerial Code requires that Ministers under investigation for "alleged illegal or improper conduct" should be stood aside.
  Now, the matters have been referred to the AFP, but as far as I am aware, no formal AFP investigation has yet commenced. A state police investigation commenced, but was unable to proceed because of pandemic lockdown issues, and was stopped when the complainant died of suicide.
  One other party leader and an independent Senator have called for the PM to conduct his own assessment of whether the person concerned is fit to be in Cabinet. That is getting into a grey area as far as this matter is concerned, but people's fitness to be in Cabinet should, as a matter of good governance and avoiding actual or perceived corruption, be constantly under review - and not only regarding criminality. Unfortunately Scot's government has a very  poor  record on corruption matters (and there is also this tweet) . . . and staff are considering striking over the inaction . . . as legal experts call for an independent investigation . . .
  

Final point: inaction and defence of perpetrators and even alleged perpetrators (which is, in effect, an attempt to influence matters) is, as stated on Twitter, why women do not report these crimes. 

There are other matters facing ethical questions, such as sexual harassment in schools and other workplaces, and the abuse, including neglect, in our Commonwealth-run aged care system ...