Canberra's workplace culture revealed in new report

The long awaited report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces has been tabled at parliament.

Current and former politicians and staffers were among the 1723 people, mostly women, who contributed to the review that involved nearly 500 interviews Source: AAP

Highlights

• The report reveals one third of people working in Canberra's parliamentary precinct and electoral offices report being sexually harassed on the job.
• It also highlights the importance of creating a new code of conduct for MPs and their staff, to be enforced by an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission.
• The 456 page report includes 28 recommendations, including the need for all parties to push for gender parity in order to change the workplace culture.

After eight months of review, the highly anticipated 'Set the Standard' report into parliamentary culture has been released to the public.

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