Now, almost a decade after Gillard’s famous intervention, this institutionalised sexism is back in the spotlight after a former female politician told The New York Times (NYT) that the Australian parliament was “the most unsafe workplace in the country”.
Amid a growing list of misconduct and even rape allegations, PM Scott Morrison has enlisted Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner to investigate the country’s political culture.
#MeToo moment
has arrived, late but strong, like a tsunami directed at the country’s political foundation”.
A tidal wave of testimony has poured in since a former political adviser claimed in an interview with TV channel Network 10 in February that she was raped by a senior colleague in Australia’s Parliament House.
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