Secret report warns Australian Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6M9EK)
Exclusive: Human rights commission calls for immediate intervention in the division and says sexism and bullying are rife
Australian Border Force's marine unit is rife with inappropriate workplace behaviours including sexual harassment and bullying", meaning female officers are not safe, according to the human rights watchdog.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in a secret report for the ABF, revealed that in the marine unit 100% of women who responded to a survey witnessed sex discrimination, sexual ... and/or sex-based harassment" and 78% had personally experienced that behaviour.
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