A recent ABC Four Corners episode, I am that girl, shed light on the tricky nature of consent. Legally, it's not black and white. But Saxon Mullins, who says she was raped, wants it to be. Since her experience five years ago ...
More »The other kind of sexual harassment on campus
On-campus sexual assault and harassment was one of the biggest news stories of the year. Yet only students were the focus of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)'s inquiry and report on this subject. This doesn't mean university staff are immune to this phenomenon. Indeed, the Weinstein scandal has shifted ...
More »Medical students say sexual harassment a ‘very big issue’ in hospitals
"Anecdotally, it's a very big issue," said Douglas Roche, external vice president of the Australian Medical Students' Association (ASMA), in reference to the sexual assault and harassment of medical students. He made this comment in light of this week's Human ...
More »Unis respond strongly, yet differently, to sexual assault report
It’s 2017, and institutions are rightly taking sexual assault and harassment seriously. All of the 39 member-universities of Universities Australia responded swiftly and comprehensively to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report on sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus, released ...
More »Over one in four students sexually harassed in 2016: human rights report
A woman who was kissed on the cheek by a teacher on the bus on the way to uni. A woman from a residential college who went out partying and was encouraged to drink by a male friend and fellow ...
More »Postgrads speak up on sexual assault
Sexual assault and harassment on campus isn’t just the concern of vulnerable first-years. That’s why the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA), the peak body representing over 320,000 postgraduate students, has piped up. They’ve submitted 19 recommendations to the Human Rights Commission, ...
More »Fulltime sexual assault counsellor for ANU
Fellatio and rape euphemisms formed the basis of chants at Australian National University's John XXIII College in March 2017. Though four male students were suspended over the incident and compulsory online consent training was introduced, ANU is proving it takes ...
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