Our commitment

The University is committed to keeping our students, staff and visitors safe. Sexual harm and gender-based violence are never acceptable and will not be tolerated in our community.

We recognise our responsibility to create a safe and inclusive environment through prevention, education and support, and to ensure victim-survivors feel safe and supported in reporting their experiences.

What is sexual harm?

Sexual harm means sexual activity without consent and includes:

• sexual assault
• sexual harassment
• voyeurism
• recording or sharing real or fake intimate images without consent.

What is gender-based violence?

Gender-based violence is physical or non-physical violence, harassment, abuse or threats, based on gender (including sex, gender, gender identity and gender expression). This results in, or is likely to result in harm, coercion, control, fear or deprivation of liberty or autonomy.

It can include sexual harm, stalking, domestic and family violence, coercive control and modern slavery (including forced marriage, labour exploitation and human trafficking).

Inequality and power imbalances provide the underlying social conditions for gender-based violence, which disproportionately affects women, First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disability and people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity.