Australian-born media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Saturday said there was a "desperate" need for elections in his home country following a sexual harassment scandal that rocked parliament this week. News Corp chairman Murdoch, who this week admitted a cover-up over phone hacking at his now-defunct British tabloid News of the World but downplayed his political influence at a London inquiry, said Australia needed change.
"Dramatic, slimy events in Australian politics," Murdoch, 81, wrote on microblogging site Twitter. "Country desperately needs election to get fresh start." Australia's parliament was this week hit by sexual harassment allegations against the speaker, Peter Slipper, who was elevated to the top lower house job by the ruling Labour party in a bid to shore up its fragile hold on power. Slipper, married and an ordained Anglican priest, stood aside from his role on Sunday after allegations he harassed former aide James Ashby, 33, with explicit text messages, unwanted advances and inappropriate comments.
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