On 24 May 2011 several long-awaited changes to the law on sexual harassment were passed by Federal Parliament. The key changes for students (schools) are as follows: The age limit requirement for a student to lodge a claim of sexual harassment (16 years) has been taken away; Students of any age will now be able [...]

This is an important area of change under the recent amendments to the Federal Sex Discrimination Act 1984. In line with the UK, it is now unlawful for workers to be sexually harassed by their customers and clients. Before these changes, at least in NSW, employers had to protect their workers from sexual harassment by [...]