Why is it taking so long for companies to understand that ensuring their workforces are safe from sexual predators is an occupational health and safety issue?
There’s a desire in our society to believe most companies exist on a reasonably narrow spectrum with nothing radical at the extremes. But that’s a myth.
If we want to make the silence of Parliament House bystanders a prosecutable offence,we must also ask:who are we at risk of silencing in the process?
Individuals could be jailed for up to 15 years or fined up to $3 million if they don’t act on a parliamentary employee’s complaint.
A former volunteer firefighter who was duct-taped to the bull bar of a fire truck when she was just 17 has received the payout in a landmark legal case.
No one will be held criminally responsible for a COVID-19 outbreak from hotel quarantine that led to the death of 768 people and one of the world’s longest lockdowns.
A text message from Marcus Topine to a Bulldogs staffer in July last year set the tone for the $4 million claim against the club.
Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.
In elite contact sports where toughness is a revered quality,there can be little difference between galvanising a player’s potential and potentially damaging it.
Given the problem of identity theft in the electronic age and of the growing sophistication of bad digital actors,handing over biometric data can feel iffy.
The Herald believes two royal commissions are urgently needed:the first a state-based inquiry into laws and resources,the second a national probe examining the underlying causes driving male attitudes towards women.