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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered a personal apology and announced a ‘review of workplace culture in the wake of allegations that a young Liberal Party staff member was sexually assaulted by a colleague in Parliament House.
But the PM has been criticised for comments which some say suggest a lack of insight into the nature of sexual assault, and even go so far as to ‘victim blame .
Former staff member Brittany Higgins spoke publicly this week of the alleged sexual assault, which she says too place when she was 24 years old and just four weeks into her job working for Federal Minister Linda Reynolds.
Introduction
Gender discrimination is not always to the detriment of women;
it can sometimes negatively affect men, usually due to the
prevailing stereotypes which exist in labour-dominated societies.
General presumptions such as the husband supports the wife
financially are no longer valid since many women are
economically active, financially self-sufficient and often make an
important contribution to family finances.
Relevant to this changing status quo, on 10 December 2020 the
Administrative Court issued its decision in Georgiou v Republic
(recourse number 299/2016). The case concerned the differentiation
in treatment, by law, between women and men of deceased
spouses.
Facts
After the death of his wife, the male applicant applied for a
The Facts
Worker acquires psychological injury after being bullied by
employer
A worker was recruited by an employer following a history of
successful employment with multiple high-level companies. He was
employed by the employer as a Senior Director, Product Marketing
from December 2012 until July 2013.
During his employment, the worker alleged multiple difficulties
with his immediate superior. He said that she bullied him, had a
negative attitude towards him and criticised his work. She would
not provide him with information to assist with his work, was rude
to him in their conversations, and excluded him from conversations
with other management staff and from meetings.