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PWSS - sexual assault or physical assault protocol

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Status: Answered, finished
Asked by: Senator Larissa Waters
Portfolio: Finance
Agency: Parliamentary Workplace Support Service
Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates
Question No: F130
Asked: 8 June 2026
Answer due: 16 July 2026

Question

What is the protocol for when an incident of sexual or physical assault is reported to PWSS? ? What arrangements, if any, does the PWSS have in place to assist clients who wish to report incidents of sexual assault or physical assault to the police? ? Has a PWSS officer ever accompanied a parliamentary worker who has reported a sexual or physical assault to a police station or to talk with police? If yes, how many times has this occurred? ? Is there a PWSS policy on this? If so, when was it introduced? Is it a consistent policy or has it been changed at any point?

Answer

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