Nita Green (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This is a fantastic opportunity to say how happy I am about the Albanese Labor government introducing the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 today. We know that this legislation is an important step forward in implementing the legislative recommendations of the Respect@Work report, so they will be finally implemented in full. We know that the previous government left the Respect@Work report on the shelf for over 12 months and then failed to implement the full recommendations. I want to congratulate the Attorney-General, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and particularly the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, who has been championing this legislation in the Senate. It will see sexual harassment as a positive duty for employers to take proactive action on. We know that sexual harassment is preventable.