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Respect@Work report: Weasel words underpin spurious 'respect' call from Morrison government

Harley Dennett
April 9 2021 - 12:00am
Attorney General Michaelia Cash and Minister for Women Marise Payne, who chairs the new cabinet task force for women's safety and economic security. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Attorney General Michaelia Cash and Minister for Women Marise Payne, who chairs the new cabinet task force for women's safety and economic security. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Australia's first women's cabinet taskforce has carved out a small set of incremental workplace reforms from those recommended in a landmark sex discrimination report, while leaving most of the meaningful reforms on the cutting room floor.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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