News & Views Proposed legislation will improve workplace behaviour in Parliament House A Bill to tackle workplace standards, bullying, harassment and sexual assault in Parliament House received cross-party support.
News & Views Proposed urgent changes to Australia’s consent laws will be heard in Senate inquiry this week A Senate inquiry for reforms of Australia’s national consent laws begins this week at Parliament House in Canberra.
News & Views The anti-coal fashion and statements of the Mid-Winter Ball At last night’s Midwinter Ball, Greens Senators making a statement with their opulent gowns emblazoned with strong environmental messages.
News & Views Brittany Higgins praises decision to introduce independent complaints mechanism in parliament The federal government will implement all ten recommendations of Stephanie Foster’s review and will establish an independent complaints body.
News & Views Brittany Higgins: The onus is on the government to show leadership & act Following her recent meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Brittany Higgins has called on the federal government to “show leadership and act”.
News & Views More women in politics detail allegations of sexual harassment and bullying Senator Lidia Thorpe aired allegations of sexual harassment against four male parliamentarians, while WA MP Matthew Hughes faces allegations of bullying.
News & Views What you need to know about the Women’s #March4Justice On Monday, March 15th, thousands of people are planning to #March4Justice at a series of rallies being held around the country.
Life How to cope when sexual assault cases make headlines Since Brittany Higgins’ rape claim at Parliament House made headlines last month, I’ve been hyper aware of every #BreakingNews hashtag.
News & Views ‘He said, she said’: Peter Dutton’s response to parliament rape allegations is shameful Moments after Scott Morrison had called for a “culture of respect” in parliament, Peter Dutton proved why such words ring sickeningly hollow.
News & Views Did he know? Text message exchange undermines Morrison’s claims about rape allegations Scott Morrison has maintained a hard line that his office were never aware of rape allegations made by former staffer Brittany Higgins.
News & Views Young Liberal Party staffer alleges she was raped at Parliament House A young Liberal Party staffer has alleged she was raped by a colleague at Parliament House in 2019, according to a report by news.com.au.
News & Views ‘An unintentional activist’: Carly Marriott takes fight against Murray Darling Basin Plan to Canberra This week, more than two thousand farmers turned up at Parliament House for a mass protest against the impacts of the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
