{"id":11579,"date":"2021-05-27T04:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T04:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2021-05-27T04:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T04:22:46","slug":"release-the-foster-report-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/27\/release-the-foster-report-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Release the Foster report, PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens have called on the PM to drop the veil of secrecy and release the review by Stephanie Foster into processes for responding to serious incidents at Parliament House.<br \/>\n<strong>Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson on women Senator Larissa Waters said:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe Prime Minister\u2019s description of what Ms Foster has recommended seems positive, but forgive me for not taking the PM\u2019s word for it given his appalling track record on women\u2019s equality and safety.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Prime Minister must release the Foster review. He must say whether he will act on her recommendations, on what timeframe, and with what resourcing.<br \/>\n\u201cAn independent complaints body is long overdue and has been called for by Brittany Higgins, and by many others including the Greens for many years.<br \/>\n\u201cImportant questions need answering which Ms Foster was unable to answer in senate estimates today.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Prime Minister must answer if and how the complaints body will be able to sanction MPs, given the gaping holes in existing processes, and given the Prime Minister\u2019s track record of keeping alleged abusers within Cabinet.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Prime Minister must say if the recommended independent complaints body would be retrospective, and if workplace safety training would be compulsory for MPs.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know from Senate Estimates yesterday that policies for dealing with serious incidents have not been updated since Brittany Higgins\u2019 alleged rape more than two years ago. It\u2019s an astounding failure.<br \/>\n\u201cAfter months of revelations of vile, abusive and misogynistic behaviour in this building the women who work in Parliament House can wait no longer for the PM to face up to his responsibilities and ensure a safe workplace for all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens have called on the PM to drop the veil of secrecy and release the review by Stephanie Foster into processes for responding to serious incidents at Parliament House. Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson on women Senator Larissa Waters said:\u00a0 \u201cThe Prime Minister\u2019s description of what Ms Foster has recommended seems positive, but forgive &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/27\/release-the-foster-report-pm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Release the Foster report, PM&#8221;<\/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-11579","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\/11579","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=11579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}