A female Tasmanian politician says she knows all too well the toxic culture with the parliament laid bare in a damning new report, having had her own run-in with a government minister — and the system which was meant to deal with such incidences.
This week, the Tasmanian anti-discrimination commissioner's report into workplace culture in the Tasmanian ministerial and parliamentary services found a high prevalence of bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment, most often by members of parliament and managers.