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Australia Rolls Out Road Map For Respect To Prevent Gender-based Abuse Amid Scandals
Months after sexual harassment and assault scandals including a claim of rape inside the parliament, the Australian govt rolled out ‘Road Map for Respect’
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Nearly two months after sexual harassment and assault scandals including a claim of rape inside the parliament, the Australian government on April 8 rolled out ‘Road Map for Respect’ after accepting a series of recommendations to prevent gender-based abuse and increase accountability for inappropriate behaviour at the workplace. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled the “road map for respect” based on the suggestions by the nation’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner to enhance the workplace culture in the public and private sectors.
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Every time he’s about to talk to himself, my boyfriend gets a very intense look on his face. His eyebrows draw together and two little wrinkles appear in the middle, his eyes darting to one side, up to the heavens.
Then the lips start moving.
“What are you doing now?” I like to ask.
“Nothing - go away!” he replies, embarrassed. But after a while the muttering inevitably starts again. I can never quite understand what he’s saying, but when I ask he says he’s practicing his interviewing techniques (he’s also a journalist), running through problems or a checklist for that week’s groceries.