By Prabha Nandagopal | 14 April 2023 

• Sexual harassment continues to occur at unacceptable rates in Australian workplaces.
• Employers and persons conducting a business or undertaking now have a positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) to eliminate sexual harassment and sex discrimination.
• The Australian Human Rights Commission has regulatory powers to investigate and enforce compliance with the positive duty.

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By Kayte Lewis | 3 February 2023

• A review of the Model Defamation Provisions was undertaken between 2019 and mid-2020.
• The review examined the role and scope of liability of internet intermediaries for the publication of third-party content following the High Court decision in Voller.
• The review also considered the defences to defamation including absolute privilege in defamation proceedings.
• Based upon the stakeholder feedback received, draft changes were introduced to the Model Defamation Amendment Provisions. Reforms agreed to include introduction of a public interest defence, introduction of a serious harm threshold and a single publication rule.

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By Sue Cohen | 1 November 2022

Following the Law Council of Australia’s (LCA) recent review, the ASCR have been amended and came into effect on 1 April, 2022. The changes will apply in the Uniform Law jurisdictions.

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By Keely McDonough | 28 September 2022

Responsibility will now be on employers to actively prevent sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, and victimisation in the workplace, under new legislation introduced into parliament.

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By John McKenzie | 1 August 2020

The efforts of everyone involved the legal profession will need to be harnessed to bring about cultural change. Anyone can make a complaint or an informal report whether as a victim or a bystander/witness.

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By Amy Dale | 20 March 2020

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark Respect@Work report urges employers to take a proactive approach to preventing workplace sexual harassment and discrimination.

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By Kate Allman | 27 November 2018

We are living in a moment of reckoning regarding sexual harassment, and the legal profession is not immune in its need to respond to this workplace crisis.

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By Anna Hinder | 8 September 2020

Why is it so easy to call colleagues out on small things – like where to save a document – and not be prepared to call out the big things like harassment and bullying?

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The stories the legal profession can no longer ignore. In their own words, lawyers reveal their stories of sexual harassment at work.

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By Kate Eastman SC | 31 July 2020

Human rights barrister Kate Eastman SC on what the profession must do to truly address the “rot” of sexual harassment at work.

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By Jack De Flamingh and Erin Kiley | 1 November 2018

A national survey by the Australian Human Rights Commission highlights the need for employers to address systematic issues directed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace.

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By the LSJ Team | November 2018

One in three Australians revealed they had been sexually harassed at work over the last five years, according to a survey by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

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By Kate Allman | 27 November 2018

We are living in a moment of reckoning regarding sexual harassment, and the legal profession is not immune in its need to respond to this workplace crisis.

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