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Sexual harassment is not just an issue in parliamentary workplaces, says Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, as she responds to revelations that parliament’s new support service received 30 reports of serious wrongdoing in its first nine months.Established in response to Brittany Higgins’ allegations that she was raped in then-minister Linda Reynolds’ office,, with 30 of those cases involving serious wrongdoing including sexual assault, stalking and intimidation.
Asked about the first annual report of the service, Plibersek told Seven’s Sunrise that while the report shows “how important it is” that the workplace parliamentary office has been established, “a lot of these complaints may actually be historical complaints from when people didn’t have this sort of service they could make a confidential complaint to”.“The problem is not just in parliamentary workplaces.
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