Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Again I will refer to the evidence from Professor Taylor. She told the ABC yesterday that there was a 56 per cent response rate to the survey that she undertook amongst the CFA staff. This is extraordinarily high. CFA workers want their voices to be heard. The report detailed numerous allegations of bullying, and it went much further in some situations where, again, some involved in the survey revealed experiences of criminal sexual assault. Professor Taylor—she was asked to undertake the survey—thought this warranted a serious response. But this is what happened, and this is her evidence: she said: 'I myself was warned that I needed to leave and that, if I didn't, the behaviours against myself would only get worse.' I congratulate, at least, the Victorian opposition leader for calling for an inquiry into this appalling behaviour—