One in five people who work in the state parliament of New South Wales (NSW) have experienced sexual harassment in the last five years, a report into Macquarie Street’s culture has found.
Premier Dominic Perrottet has labelled the findings of the independent report into the culture at NSW parliament as “sobering, confronting and completely unacceptable”.
Five people reported being sexually assaulted, and just more than one in four people experienced bulling in the last five years.
The report also found several offices in parliament were “hotspots” for bullying.
“Every workplace across our state should be safe from sexual harassment and sexual assault, that is clearly not the case,” Mr Perrottet said on Friday….