Sexual Harm

To disclose inappropriate behaviour, use this link.

Please watch the video below to understand consent.

You may choose to make a formal report to the police at any time. This is entirely your decision.

The Student Success Centre (for students) or the People and Training Manager (for staff) can provide confidential support to assist you in understanding your options and navigating this process, should you choose to proceed.

You have the right to feel safe, respected, and supported. If you choose to share an experience of sexual harm, you can make a confidential disclosure at any time. What you choose to disclose, and what happens next, is entirely up to you. Support is available regardless of the steps you decide to take.

If you’re unsure where to start or would like to talk to someone, the Student Success Centre (for students) or the People and Training Manager (for staff) can offer confidential, compassionate support. They will listen, help you understand your options, and guide you through the process at your own pace.

To make a disclosure, use this link.

For further support, please contact the Student Success Centre on (02) 9466 1024 or (02) 9466 1050.

Your wellbeing continues to be our top priority. A wide range of internal and external support services are available. For students, this may include academic support for your studies. The Student Success Centre Manager (students) or the People and Training Manager (staff) can provide access to a range of confidential support services.

External Support Services:

• NSW Sexual Violence Helpline: 1800 424 017. Available 24/7.
• NSW Victims Services: 1800 633 063.
• 1800RESPECT national helpline: 1800 737 732.
• Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service: 1800 211 028.
• Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline – 1800 497 212. For anyone from the LGBTIQ+ community whose life has been impacted by sexual domestic and/or family violence. Available 24/7.
• Bravehearts (support for child sexual abuse survivors): 1800 272 831.
• Child Protection Helpline: 132 111. If you, or a person you know, are under 16 years of age and have been sexually assaulted, reports can be made to the Child Protection Helpline.

In 2023 Universities Australia (UA) released a Charter on sexual harm to support the ongoing work universities and other organisations in the community do to address sexual harm.

Our Institution has chosen to adopt a similar same course of action to build on the many initiatives already in place at this Institution. Sexual harm has no place in our society.

By adopting this Charter, we are committed to:

• Strengthening, developing and implementing policies that make clear that sexual harm is unacceptable, acting against any violations of those policies, and taking allegations seriously, regardless of the seniority or status of the person against whom a claim is made.Clearly educating and informing the Institution’s community of where and how to report incidents of sexual misconduct, sexual harm, sexual assault or sexual harassment and how to best access support.
• Providing support to staff and students who report sexual harm and victims of sexual harm, including: providing access to trauma-informed and culturally appropriate support services; enabling confidential disclosure mechanisms; and supporting those who choose to report to the police.
• Providing clear and easily accessible processes for anyone who chooses to make adisclosure or formal report seeking appropriate action against any members of our organisations.
• Ensuring that our processes for investigating and resolving such complaints follow procedural fairness and are timely, fair to all parties.To the greatest extent possible, our processes do not re-traumatise people who report sexual harm or victims of sexual harm.
• Providing information on how to access an independent review of our process and work in good faith with such independent reviews.
• Publicly reporting annually on the number of disclosed and reported instances of sexual harm in our organisations.
• Proactively collecting robust data about occurrences of sexual harm in our organisations and the effectiveness of our reporting and support systems.
• Working collectively in a research-informed manner to better understand and assist in addressing the prevalence of sexual harm in our wider society and develop evidence-based approaches for its elimination.