, warning they risked prejudicing investigations if they shared allegations with media or others before police.
She said Finance was “unable to assist” and the department “does not provide adequate support when people are threatened and frightened”. The review’s terms of reference are still being finalised but Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said it would cover the workplaces of federal parliamentarians and their staff including electorate offices and Federal Parliament.
“The environments that MoPs [Member of Parliament] staff work in are complex, staff often feel that reporting incidents will go nowhere and would have detrimental effects on their career prospects,” she said. “The clunky and opaque reporting structures provide little support or confidence to staff that complaints will be followed up appropriately.”
Actually it’s alive and well in most workplaces...
I would have thought politicians & aspiring politicians would be hesitant to sexually harass junior staff because accusations would impact their careers.
Don’t believe all women. Believe the facts. Most people run on ideology and feelings on these types of cases. Concern for the woman yes but we need the facts.
This story really is dragging on for too long. Correct procedures were in place weren’t they? Now there must be silence to allow the courts to swing into action.
Their attackers know that.
What a disgrace to the highest place in the land...sounds like a private sector office...
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