Brittany Higgins has called on the government to “act” following her recent meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Ms Higgins last week met with Mr Morrison, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, and Shadow Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek.
This evening, Ms Higgins took to social media with a new statement.
“For too long the culture of silence has allowed workplace bullying, harassment and other inappropriate conduct to go unchecked,” she said.
“Big thank-you to the women who stood by my side to lend their expertise and offer support on the day. I’m so grateful to you all.
“Cultural change is only achieved when we stand up and say ‘enough is enough’. The onus is now on the (government) to show leadership and act.”
Ms Higgins has been pushing for cultural reform in Parliament since then and last week described her first meeting with Mr Morrison as “difficult”.
“It was a difficult conversation to have on a personal level,” Ms Higgins said.
She said the discussion with Mr Morrison was “honest and frank”, and she believes the prime minister now has a deeper understanding of what happened to her.
“He fundamentally seemed to understand what had happened to me… and that was encouraging,” Ms Higgins said.
Mr Morrison said he was pleased to hear more about how he can make parliament workplaces “safe and more respectful”.
“We are committed to reform of the Parliamentary workplace,” he said in a statement.
Mr Albanese praised Ms Higgins’ “extraordinary courage”.
“We need to listen to women and to listen to their concerns, to listen to the experience that they’ve gone through, and to listen to their views about solutions,” he said.
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