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. Broadcast on the 2nd of December, 2021.

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins at the launch of the report Source: AAP

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

The report, tabled by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins, was established in light of concerns raised by former political staffer Brittany Higgins that Parliament House was a toxic and unsafe workplace for women.

Ms Higgins went public in February about her alleged 2019 rape in a minister's office by a colleague.

Ms Jenkins' report reveals one third of people working in Canberra's parliamentary precinct and electoral offices report being sexually harassed on the job.

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