Former AHRC lawyer alleged management viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk and leaked information about her to a shock jock, Mehreen Faruqi tells parliament
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi read parts of four resignation letters penned by staff at Australian Human Rights Commission. One letter alleged management viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk, and leaked information about her to a shock jock.Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi read parts of four resignation letters penned by staff at Australian Human Rights Commission. One letter alleged management viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk, and leaked information about her to a shock jock.
Faruqi told the Senate that Saleh’s letter states that “deliberate circulation” of a “defamatory” news piece about her to all staff was “... egregious, detrimental to my reputation and hurtful. This also sent a message to staff of colour, that the commission is willing and capable of circulating vitriolic commentary about them in the future.”In July, 2GB radio host Ray Hadley claimed in an “exclusive” the commission had confirmed to him Saleh had resigned.
Another letter quoted by Faruqi alleges institutional racism and hostile working conditions at the commission.A spokesperson for the commission said the allegations were not put to the commission prior to Faruqi’s speech. They added that some of the claims were previously denied during Senate estimates in May.
The commission said claims a staff member’s resignation was confirmed to a media outlet without consent was not accurate. The circulation of news reports to staff is standard practices across Commonwealth agencies, it said, with daily media summaries of reports mentioning the commission circulated to staff.in February that at least 24 staff across eight teams at the commission wrote anonymously to then-president Rosalind Croucher.
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