The Australian Greens say today\u2019s report into workplace culture in NSW Parliament shows that the toxic boys club of politics extends beyond Canberra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Deputy Leader and member of the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Broderick report is nothing short of traumatic and devastating. Sadly, however, it does not surprise me that this is what has been revealed about my old workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe sexist and racist underbelly of parliamentary work has been exposed again and again, and needs to end. Bullying and harassment cannot just be accepted as part of our political culture. It has to be eradicated at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a member of the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards, which is looking at enforceable codes of conduct for parliamentary workplaces, I\u2019m committed to making sure that the highest standards are set and followed. It\u2019s beyond time to get this done, and to implement all the recommendations of the Jenkins report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs leaders, it is our responsibility to set the best example for others to follow. That means a safe and respectful workplace free from bullying, harassment, sexual assault, sexism and racism. Nothing less is acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senator Larissa Waters, Greens Senate Leader and spokesperson on women said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday\u2019s report has devastating similarities to the appalling behaviour in federal parliament outlined in Commissioner Jenkins\u2019 Set the Standard<\/em> report just last year. It\u2019s yet another wake-up call about the need to do politics differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need more diverse, inclusive, and respectful parliamentary workplaces to end the toxic old white boys club that has allowed bad behaviour to go unchecked for too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToxic behaviour is not confined to parliament, and the Greens will continue to call for a positive duty on employers to make all workplaces safe and national efforts to address the gender inequality that drives this behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Australian Greens say today\u2019s report into workplace culture in NSW Parliament shows that the toxic boys club of politics extends beyond Canberra. NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Deputy Leader and member of the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Standards said: \u201cThe Broderick report is nothing short of traumatic and devastating. Sadly, however, it does … Continue reading “Greens call for end to toxic parliamentary workplace culture”<\/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-17735","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\/17735","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=17735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17736,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17735\/revisions\/17736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}