Union calls for recognition of ‘systematic bullying and sexual assault’ in Australian parliament

CPSU recommends implementing code that prohibits explicit behaviours already outlawed in most workplaces

The Australian government must recognise “the systemic nature of bullying, sexual harassment and assault” within the national parliament if it is ever to achieve real change, the union representing parliamentary staff says.

In its second submission to the landmark Jenkins inquiry, which is investigating the safety and culture of the parliament as a workplace, the Community and Public Sector Union’s membership says the parliament can’t truly move forward until it has reckoned with its past.

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