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Australian attorney general denies rape allegation

A letter sent to Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week alleged Mr Porter had raped a 16-year-old girl in 1988. The woman took her own life last year.

New South Wales Police have closed their investigation into the matter.

Mr Porter, 50, said he retained Mr Morrison's support as attorney general.

"The things that are being claimed did not happen," he told reporters in Perth on Wednesday.

"Nothing in the allegations that have been printed ever happened."