Breaking: Premier says NSW parliament’s culture has become ‘toxic and wrong’ | natassiazc
Five people have said they experienced attempted or actual sexual assault while working in a NSW parliamentary workplace, while almost half of sexual harassment incidents in the past five years were perpetrated by MPs.
“Parliamentarians are leaders and role models in our society. They should lead from the front. Clearly, we have a culture in the NSW parliament that over time has become in many instances toxic and is wrong.” Just under half of sexual harassment incidents were perpetrated by MPs, while female MPs were the most likely to report having experienced sexual harassment in the past five years .
“This was often because of their lack of confidence in, or poor experience of, reporting mechanisms and a resulting lack of confidence that it was possible to protect workers against harmful behaviours, particularly when these were being perpetrated by a Member of Parliament,” it said. “This must end. It ends today, and we will work very closely with all sides of politics to implement change for the betterment of workplaces in the NSW parliament.”Almost 500 people – 27.7 per cent of the parliamentary workforce – participated in the review online. More than 100 gave confidential one-on-one interviews and seven confidential group sessions were conducted. The review also received 58 confidential written submissions.
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