An Australian public servant has won the right to compensation for injuries sustained whilst having sex on an overnight work trip.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is using “weasel words” when he says he had no specific knowledge of the details of a sexual harassment case being prepared against Peter Slipper, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.

Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has challenged Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her female ministers to say where they stand on “sexist” texts sent by Speaker Peter Slipper.

The Federal Court judge in the Peter Slipper case says it is “very, very troubling” that serious allegations against the federal parliamentary speaker of misusing taxi vouchers were put before the court and later withdrawn.

Federal Speaker Peter Slipper must come “face-to-face” with the former staffer who has accused him of sexual harassment in an attempt to resolve the bitter legal dispute, a Federal Court judge says.

A public servant has been awarded compensation for injuries received while having sex on a work trip.