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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Secret report warns Australian Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’

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The Australian Border Force cutter Cape Wessel in 2016
The Australian Border Force cutter Cape Wessel in 2016. The Australian Human Rights Commission has found that sexism is rife in the ABF’s marine unit. Photograph: ABF

Australian Border Force’s marine unit is rife with “inappropriate workplace behaviours including sexual harassment and bullying”, meaning female officers are not safe, according to the human rights watchdog.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in a secret report for the ABF, revealed that in the marine unit 100% of women who responded to a survey “witnessed sex discrimination, sexual … and/or sex-based harassment” and 78% had personally experienced that behaviour.

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