16 November 2021
From #metoo, through #ustoo and Respect@work, to changes to the Sex Discrimination Act. Bringing the Bar to account
In this fourth podcast, Matthew Howard SC, President of the ABA, and Kate Eastman AM SC, Chair of the ABA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, discuss how the #metoo movement set off a string of legal and social action, which has now brought the judiciary and the Bar under the legal framework of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).
28 October 2021
Building a Culture of Respect
In our third podcast, Assoc. Prof. Michael Flood, at the School of Justice at the Queensland University of Technology, joins Matthew Howard SC, President of the ABA, and Kate Eastman AM SC, Chair of the ABA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, to discuss what men can do to change the culture of the profession and help eliminate sexual harassment. You can listen to the podcast here.
16 March 2021
In this second ABA podcast, ABA President Matthew Howard SC and Kate Eastman SC, Chair of the ABA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, speak with Rachel Doyle QC, Barrister at the Victorian Bar, about her book "Power and Consent" – what prompted her to write it, how to combat sexual harassment at the Bar and in the legal profession, and some practical “red flags” indicative of when an advance may be unwelcome.
17 February 2021
Eliminating sexual harassment is an imperative for the Bar. In this first ABA podcast, ABA President Matthew Howard SC speaks with the Hon. Kenneth Hayne AC QC and Kate Eastman SC, Chair of the ABA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, about steps that men at the Bar can take to support a culture of respect and diversity. You can listen to the podcast here.
