Iceberg tip or anomaly? Resources sector admits sexual harassment problem but not how big it is
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Australia’s biggest miners and resources companies took the first step to fix the problem of sexual harassment in the industry this week by publicly acknowledging there was an issue.
Media reports on three investigations, including a rape allegation, involving staff from contractors and iron ore companies or at fly-in fly-out worksites in Western Australia has brought the issue to the forefront but the true scale of harassment for female workers in the male-dominated sector is not clear.
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The woman, who at the time didn t speak much English, asked her supervisor why the cash was left behind.
He responded saying the money was for a jig - a word used instead of sex - however she misunderstood him and thought he said it was a tip . Two nights later, I got a knock on my door. There was an Aussie guy, beer in hand, belly popping out of his top. He said, I m here to claim my prize , I said sorry, I no understand , she said.
The woman said the man then banged his fist against the wall and demanded he pay her for sex.
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Another BHP FIFO worker accused of rape as woman sounds alarm on WA’s ‘Wild West’ mining camps
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A second fly-in, fly-out BHP employee has been charged with raping a colleague as a Pilbara worker blows the whistle on what she calls a ‘Wild West’ toxic masculine culture at WA mining camps.
A 43-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker while the pair were in Perth during an off-swing in July 2020.
A FIFO worker is blowing the whistle on what life is like for female workers in the resources industry after revelations a second BHP employee had been charged with the rape of colleague.