Senate debates

Monday, 15 March 2021

Questions without Notice

Members of Parliament: Staff

2:59 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

We certainly are committed to supporting Ms Higgins and to cooperating and assisting with the police investigation which is underway as extensively and fully as we possibly can. The government has always been willing to cooperate and assist in relation to those investigations. We are also determined to continue our work in relation to the broader issues, not just those in the parliament that I've referenced in the previous two answers but those across the community more generally. I was asked earlier about the Respect@work report and we are implementing the first nine recommendations of that report. Many others apply to the private sector and we are working with the private sector on aspects of that. We are pursuing the implementation of those around training resources and we are seeking to make sure that there is a portal with information for employers and employees on how to eliminate and deal with sexual harassment. And there is the establishment of the Respect@Work Council, that I referenced before. We are committed to working on all these issues—

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