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Speaker Peter Slipper issued a statement "emphatically" denying all allegations against him by a male former staff member, who says the speaker sexually harassed him. But Slipper said he could not continue in his role pending investigation of the allegations in a suit filed in Australia's Federal Court in Sydney on Friday. "The allegations include both a claim of criminal behavior and a claim under civil law," Slipper said in the statement issued after he returned from a trip to the United States. "As such I believe it is appropriate for me to stand aside as speaker while this criminal allegation is resolved." Slipper, 62, indicated he would retain his seat in parliament. Former staffer James Hunter Ashby, 33, also alleges misuse of taxpayer-funded taxi dockets by Slipper in the lawsuit. The government holds an effective one-vote majority in the 150-member House of Representatives, parliament's lower chamber, thanks to votes from independents. 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