In its report on the marine unit, the Australian Human Rights Commision found that 100% of women who responded to a survey “witnessed sex discrimination, sexual … and/or sex-based harassment” and 78% had personally experienced that behaviour.
Instances of alleged sexual discrimination in the Australian Border Force included misogynistic and belittling comments, withholding information from a pregnant officer, and comments from a team leader about wanting to “get rid of all his part-time workers” who were all women.