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Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022; In Committee


Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Cash WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

12:18 pm

The opposition will also not be supporting these amendments. On behalf of the opposition, comprehensive reasons were given in the House in relation to why. Very briefly, this bill is not the appropriate vehicle for the changes proposed in the amendments. The Respect@Work report responded to workplace sexual harassment. As such, the legislative responses to that report have focused on sexual harassment, rather than harassment on the basis of all the protected characteristics in the Sex Discrimination Act.

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