Senate debates

Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Questions without Notice

Sexual Assault

2:38 pm

Photo of Malarndirri McCarthyMalarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

We certainly are taking action at the national level to prevent sexual harassment by creating safer, respectful and more-equitable workplaces. We've seen that through the implementation of the recommendations of the 2020 Respect@Work sexual harassment national inquiry report, which included an explicit prohibition on sexual harassment in the workplace through the Fair Work Act 2009 and also supported the Human Rights Commission to receive historical disclosures of sexual harassment, educate and enforce compliance from employers on the new positive duty to take reasonable action to prevent workplace sexual harassment and provide a one-stop shop for information and referral services.

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