The loophole has existed for 37 years
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 15: Chloe Clinton at the March 4 Justice protests in Adelaide, Australia on March 15, 2021. (Courtesty of Cahli Blakers)
Caroline Kitchener
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Chloe Clinton posted on Instagram as soon as she heard about the loophole in Australia’s sex discrimination act: Politicians and judges in Australia, where she lives, are exempt from laws against workplace sexual harassment. The sex discrimination act, passed in 1984, only covers “employers” and “employees,” she learned. Because politicians and judges are technically neither, they cannot be held accountable if someone working in their office files a complaint.
Clinton’s friends immediately responded to her Instagram Story: