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20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change

  • Written by Lisa Heap, Doctoral Researcher, RMIT University
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The fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, published today, shows little has changed since the last survey in 2018 – or indeed since the first survey in 2003.

It points to the importance of the legislative changes being pursued by the Albanese government, including reforms that passed parliament on...

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