A landmark report into sexual assault and harassment within WA's fly-in, fly-out mining industry finds women have been subjected to 'an appalling range of behaviours'.
A landmark report into sexual assault and harassment within WA's fly-in, fly-out mining industry has found women have been subjected to "an appalling range of behaviours".Today's report details stories of several women being sexually assaultedTitled 'Enough is Enough', the report makes 24 recommendations, including overhauling reporting and training in the sector.
Included in the report are stories of several women, including one who was "knocked unconscious in her donga and awoke to find her jeans and underpants around her ankles". Another said a man "forced his hand down her top numerous times in front of other workers, and no one did anything". "To hear the lived reality of the taunts, attacks and targeted violence, the devastation and despair the victims experienced, the threats or loss of their livelihood that resulted, was shattering and it's completely inexcusable," the inquiry's chair, Libby Mettam, told parliament.The inquiry ran for almost a year, receiving nearly 100 submissions and examining some of the state's biggest miners as well as government regulators.
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