{"id":10317,"date":"2021-02-17T02:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T02:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10317"},"modified":"2021-02-17T02:10:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T02:10:51","slug":"parliament-culture-wont-change-without-independent-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/02\/17\/parliament-culture-wont-change-without-independent-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"PARLIAMENT CULTURE WON'T CHANGE WITHOUT INDEPENDENT INQUIRY"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Greens have slammed the Prime Minister\u2019s continued failures to address a toxic parliamentary culture today, calling for an independent inquiry into the failures in responding to Brittany Higgins\u2019 alleged rape.
\nGreens Leader Adam Bandt also said that it was an issue with men\u2019s behaviour that men needed to solve, and that the PM\u2019s own words underscored his lack of understanding of the problem at hand.
\nGreens Leader Adam Bandt MP said:<\/strong>
\n\u201cYou shouldn’t need to consult your wife or have daughters to know that women who have been raped should be listened to, believed & supported.\u201d
\n\u201cWomen aren’t “finding themselves in vulnerable situations”, Prime Minister. Men are putting them there.
\n\u201cRape and sexual assault is a problem that men need to solve, but the Prime Minister hardly spoke about men at all.
\n\u201cThe \u2018boy\u2019s club\u2019 culture means many men feel able to sexually assault women without fear of consequence, allegedly even here in one of the country\u2019s most secure buildings.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s time the PM started getting men to change the way they act and respect women.\u201d
\nGreens Leader in the Senate and spokesperson for democracy, Senator Larissa Waters, said:<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Prime Minister has been missing in action for years on acknowledging that cultural change is necessary to keep women safe in parliament, and that his party has a problem with women.
\n\u201cThere’ve been three young Liberal staffers sexually assaulted who have come forward so far, and no doubt many others who are yet to speak out.
\n\u201cBrittany Higgins\u2019 case is deja vu of the worst kind.
\n\u201cThe Prime Minister\u2019s decision to charge his own Department with reviewing Brittany\u2019s case, and the broader complaints process, puts the fox in charge of the henhouse.
\n\u201cWith two senior staff from the Prime Minister\u2019s office up to their necks in the cover-up of Brittany Higgins alleged rape, including the PMs \u2018fixer\u2019, the PMO is part of the problem.
\n\u201cOrdering two internal reviews does not give anyone confidence that real change will flow, it\u2019s a continuation of the culture of cover-up that has seen this issue fester and more women assaulted.
\n\u201cWe need an independent review of how the existing complaints process let Brittany down. And a broader review of the toxic culture at APH with recommendations for reform to ensure the women that work here are safe.
\n\u201cThe Greens called for an independent investigation into the culture in Parliament many months ago, and yesterday called for the Sex Discrimination Commissioner to do that review.
\n\u201cThe Prime Minister should pick up the phone to both Ms Higgins and to our Sex Discrimination Commissioner to have an independent, qualified body do the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Greens have slammed the Prime Minister\u2019s continued failures to address a toxic parliamentary culture today, calling for an independent inquiry into the failures in responding to Brittany Higgins\u2019 alleged rape. Greens Leader Adam Bandt also said that it was an issue with men\u2019s behaviour that men needed to solve, and that the PM\u2019s … Continue reading “PARLIAMENT CULTURE WON'T CHANGE WITHOUT INDEPENDENT INQUIRY”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}