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Anna Hough

@annahough.bsky.social

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On Ngunnawal and Ngambri land. Interested in gender equality, policy, Australian politics and cake. Personal account, views are my own. Hough rhymes with tough!

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Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Apr 16

I’ve been carrying this story of rape, sexual assault, bullying and discrimination in parliamentary workplaces for a long time.

Thank you to Sharri Markson for the opportunity to tell it today.

You can read my story and full statement here: 👇

www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...

Hush money scandal engulfs Albanese Govt over staffer's historic rape claim

A Parliament House researcher was twice asked to sign a confidentiality agreement by the Albanese Government over allegations she was discriminated against and bullied when she disclosed how she was allegedly raped as a young woman in politics.

www.skynews.com.au

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Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jul 8

Compare and contrast - The UK on the left, Australia on the right. Setting the standard?

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 13

'No one cares what happened to you - you are not Brittany Higgins': Political staffer with a disturbingly familiar story exposes $2.4m taxpayer funded compo double standard
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

'You are not Brittany Higgins': $2m compo double standard exposed

Anna Hough, 46, alleges she was raped and sexually abused by a political staffer between 2000 and 2001 while volunteering for the Australian Democrats .

www.dailymail.co.uk

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you @janephuong.bsky.social ! Beautiful picture!

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 10

Good morning from #Canberra

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just one by-election going the right way and it’ll be 50-50!

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 9

And here’s my cake from the previous parliament (after the 2022 election) for comparison. The orange Smarties here are independents or other. /4

#CakeData #SetTheStandard #AusPol

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 9

Key - ALP=red, Liberals=blue, Nationals=yellow, Greens=green, independents=orange, other=brown /3

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Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 9

Women will hold 112 of the 226 seats. Just one more seat will tip us over into parity. So here is more cake data! 🎂📊 This is Australia’s 48th Parliament by gender, chamber and party. The left side is women, the right side is men. Pink icing for the Senate, green for the Reps. /2

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Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 9

After the May federal election, Australia’s federal parliament has almost reached gender parity. By my calculations the House of Representatives in the 48th Parliament will be 46% women and the Senate 56.6% women. The Parliament as a whole will be 49.6% women.
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Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you’re a man, you need to watch this video www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fi...

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Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

Some of the people who contact me about their experiences in parliamentary workplaces are suicidal. It took a(n “alleged”) rape at Parliament House to give us the Set the Standard report. I hope it will not take a preventable workplace death for real change to take place. /6

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

And personally, I will know Parliament’s workplace culture has improved when I no longer receive phone calls from parliamentary department and political staff there who are seeking help because their workplace has devastated their career and their mental health. /5

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

We will also know Parliament’s workplace culture has improved when people feel safe to speak out about their experiences, knowing they won’t face victimisation and retaliation. That is not currently the case. /4

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

We will know Parliament’s workplace culture has improved significantly when it is the perpetrators of workplace sexual assault, sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination who are forced out of their jobs. Not the victims of those behaviours. /3

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

Has the workplace culture really improved much when things like this are still happening? /2
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...

Hush money scandal engulfs Albanese Govt over staffer's historic rape claim

www.skynews.com.au

Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · Jun 2

Three years after the Jenkins report, there is still work to be done on improving parliament culture.

Excellent article by Maria Maley of ANU. As someone who has experienced the worst of that culture I know firsthand how much work remains to be done. /1
theconversation.com/three-years-...