The Hunting Ground Australia Project – Progress Report, July 2017

THE HUNTING GROUND AUSTRALIA PROJECT

PROGRESS REPORT – JULY 2017

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The topic of sexual violence can trigger traumatic If you want to make a complaint in relation memories for survivors. Survivors have the right to to an incident: talk about their experiences on their own terms. If you sense that a survivor needs additional AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS support, contact the national hotlines: COMMISSION (AHRC) The AHRC can investigate complaints regarding 1800 RESPECT sexual harassment and discrimination at Free and confidential 24/7 National Sexual universities, and attempts to resolve Assault, Domestic and Family Violence complaints through conciliation. Counselling Service. www.humanrights.gov.au/complaint- information Call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) and ask to speak to a trauma counsellor. STATE & TERRITORY www.1800respect.org.au ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BODIES For a comprehensive list of local services in Sexual harassment complaints can also be made your State or Territory, please visit: to local state/territory anti-discriminatory bodies. www.1800respect.org.au/service-support/ www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/ HumanRights/Pages/Australias-Anti- LIFELINE – CRISIS SUPPORT Discrimination-Law.aspx 24/7 crisis support and suicide OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICES prevention services. Where a survivor believes that a university 13 11 44 has acted unfairly or otherwise mismanaged a www.lifeline.org.au sexual violence case, they may be able to make complaints to an Ombudsman office. Complaints MENSLINE about public universities and higher education Free and confidential 24/7 professional providers can be made to the relevant state/ telephone and online support and information territory Ombudsman. service for Australian men. www.ombudsman.gov.au/about/related- 1300 789 978 sites#state-ombudsman www.mensline.org.au International students can make complaints regarding private higher education providers to EMERGENCY SERVICES the Overseas Students Ombudsman. Emergency Services: 000 www.ombudsman.gov.au/making-a- Police Assistance (non-emergency): 131 444 complaint/overseas-students

TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY If you are a survivor and would like to reach out AND STANDARDS AGENCY (TEQSA) to other university students and supporters: TEQSA is Australia’s independent national regulator of the higher education sector. There may END RAPE ON CAMPUS (EROC) be circumstances in which a survivor, university AUSTRALIA womens officer or other student representative EROC Australia works to end sexual violence at can make a complaint about their university to universities and residential colleges through direct TEQSA, who monitors higher education providers’ support for survivors and their communities; compliance with the Tertiary Education Quality and prevention through education; and policy reform Standards Agency Act 2011 and a set of quality at the campus, state, and federal levels. standards, known as the Threshold Standards. www.endrapeoncampusau.org/about/ www.teqsa.gov.au/complaints

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THE HUNTING GROUND From the outset, the objective of the impact The Hunting Ground (103 minutes, 2015) campaign around The Hunting Ground was to is a critically acclaimed US feature-length use the documentary as a catalyst to involve the documentary which chronicles the personal whole Australian university sector – both staff and stories of students who have reported sexual students – in taking a positive leadership role in assault on campuses, and the failure of a number the creation of a collaborative, comprehensive and of American universities to respond effectively unified campaign, around the incidence of, and and appropriately to these reports. responses to, sexual violence within Australian university communities. It is the latest film by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering who At the Good Pitch event, in conversation about made The Invisible War – a film directly the possibilities that The Hunting Ground responsible for influencing government policy presented, were: and laws on how the US armed forces • Elizabeth Broderick (Former Sex responded to and prevented sexual assault. Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission) GOOD PITCH2 AUSTRALIA BACKGROUND • Dr. Michael Spence (Vice-Chancellor & Principal, University of Sydney) The Hunting Ground was acquired for distribution in Australia by Madman Entertainment after • Dr. Damian Powell (Principal, Janet Clarke premiering at the Sundance Film Festival 2015 Hall, University of Melbourne) and was one of six documentary films selected • Hannah Smith (2015 National Education for the 2015 philanthropic Good Pitch2 Australia Officer, National Union of Students) initiative held at the Sydney Opera House on 16 September 2015. • Anne-Marie Lansdown (then Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Universities Australia) Good Pitch brings together filmmakers with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, • Professor Andrea Durbach (Director, philanthropists, policy-makers, brands, educators, Australian Human Rights Centre at UNSW) broadcasters and media to forge powerful • Adair Donaldson (Shine Lawyers and alliances around ground breaking films that will Consent Trainer) have a significant impact in relation to issues of social importance – and benefit the partners, the • Anna Kaplan (Madman Entertainment, development of the films and society as a whole. distributor)

Impact Producer Allison Henry and Producer Amy Zeiring pitch THGAP at the Sydney Opera House on 16 September 2015

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APPROACH TO THE CAMPAIGN at the Australian Defence Force Academy had The Hunting Ground Australia Project (THGAP) determined that ADFA was “not alone” in facing has used the documentary as a tool to engage challenges around the incidence of sexual Australian universities, and the broader violence and that “other tertiary institutions and 2 community, in a conversation around issues residential colleges have similar concerns.” concerning sexual assault and harassment, We understood the damning mainstream consent, disclosure and reporting statistics around sexual violence in the 3 in Australian universities. Australian community.

THGAP has always acknowledged that there We were aware of decades of advocacy efforts are significant cultural, financial and structural by students, women’s groups and sexual assault differences between American and Australian services to bring attention to the incidence of, and universities and student life. However, our early responses to, sexual violence within Australian research and discussion with experts in gendered university communities – without much success. violence in 2015 indicated that there were many And we knew that universities were not particularly issues raised by The Hunting Ground that were interested in proactively dealing with these issues relevant in an Australian context. – as evidenced by the Group of Eight’s shelving of the ADFA Review’s recommendations4 and We were alarmed by the National Union of the complete absence of any reference to Student’s Talk About it Survey Findings.1 We knew addressing sexual violence in Universities that the 2011 Review into the Treatment of Women Australia’s 2014-2016 Strategic Plan.5

1. Courtney Sloane assisted by Keelia Fitzpatrick, National Union of Students Women’s Department, Talk About It Survey: Results and Recommendations, 2011, NUS Women’s Department, Talk About It 2015 survey, released 2 February 2016. 2. Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Report on the Review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy: Phase 1 of the Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force (Phase 1 Report), 2011, p.xxv. http://defencereview.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/ADFA_2011.pdf 3. For example, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2012 Personal Safety Survey (PSS), ABS cat. no. 4906.0, Introduction, www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Lookup/4906.0Chapter1002012 4. Kate Stanton, ‘Survey of sex assaults on university campuses shelved’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November 2014, www.smh.com.au/national/survey-of-sex-assaults-on-university-campuses-shelved-20141114-11na07.html 5. Universities Australia, Universities Australia’s 2014-2016 Strategic Plan, https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/About-Us/our-role/strategic-plan

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THE IMPACT CAMPAIGN The strategy underpinning THGAP was devised between May and September 2015 and was Significant philanthropic grants and in-kind premised on the documentary providing an pledges made at the Good Pitch event provided opportunity to initiate conversations and drive support for the formation of a campaign team to progress around issues including but not drive and implement the impact campaign. limited to: THGAP is run by Allison Henry (Campaign Director • the effectiveness of existing procedures, THGAP), Mary Macrae (Producer THGAP), Anna protocols and institutional responses; Kaplan (Madman Entertainment – THGAP Campus • the issue of victim blaming; Screenings Producer) and Isabella Wright • the impact of alcohol; and Tamar Simons (Madman Entertainment – • interpretations of consent; THGAP Campus Screenings Assistants). • bystander engagement; Amy Ziering (Producer, The Hunting Ground) • the prevalence of sexual crime and is international consultant to the project. reporting of those crimes; and • the need for comprehensive data The Hunting Ground Australia Project’s key to inform the conversation. partners have included: • National Union of Students (NUS) Implementation of our multi-dimensional • Australian Human Rights Centre campaign commenced in late 2015. The campaign (AHRCentre) at UNSW has involved a number of streams including: • Madman Entertainment a campus screening program of The Hunting • Full Stop Foundation (FSF) Ground, an independent national survey, the • Fair Agenda development of good practice policy frameworks • Australian Human Rights Commission in response to reports of sexual harassment or (the Commission) violence, and the development of sexual violence • Universities Australia (UA) prevention training.

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Campus Screenings In May 2015 THGAP engaged the AHRCentre at THGAP’s first objective was to offer campus UNSW to implement the Strengthening Australian screenings of The Hunting Ground to encourage University Responses to Sexual Assault and conversations about the subjects and experiences Harassment Project. The project consisted of portrayed in the documentary and how they two distinct components: the design of a national related to the Australian context. student survey, the Australian Universities’ Sexual Assault and Harassment Survey, later In Australia we have used the 58 minute in collaboration with the Commission; and the international version of The Hunting Ground development of a good practice polices and for campus screenings. procedure report (drawing on the Commission’s Between November 2015 and March 2016 analysis of the survey data and comparative THGAP, in collaboration with Universities international research undertaken by the Australia, facilitated 25 briefings for relevant AHRCentre) for use and adaptation by staff around Australia. The briefings were intended Australian universities – see below. to provide an opportunity for university staff to Following a significant financial investment by preview the film and assist frontline university Universities Australia, the independent survey staff with preparations ahead of the film’s expanded to all 39 Australian universities, and release on campuses. was implemented in late 2016. The Australian campus screening program THGAP welcomed the national university student launched on 22 February 2016. Since then THGAP survey and open submission process when it was team have supported more than 70 campus and launched by the Commission and Universities residential college screenings across Australia, Australia in August 2016, and provided a providing an opportunity for thousands of submission to the Commission in early 2017.6 Australian university staff and students to see and consider the documentary. Our screenings have THGAP is looking forward to the publication usually been supported by an interactive Q&A of results and findings from the survey and session following the documentary, with panellists submissions on 1 August 2017, which we believe including student representatives, sexual assault will provide the Australian community with the specialists, trauma support, university staff, local robust independent evidence base to hold police and educators. perpetrators and institutions to account and serve to inform good practice. To date THGAP has positively engaged with 33 of Australia’s 39 universities, with only one university Policies, Protocols and Procedures having formally declined the offer of a free “event A key theme explored in The Hunting Ground screening” of The Hunting Ground. is the devastating long-term impact that sexual violence can have if the response to a disclosure Independent Survey has been inappropriate or inadequate. THGAP Recognising the absence of comprehensive commissioned the AHRCentre to implement independent statistical information specifically the second component of the Strengthening about the incidence of sexual assault, sexual Australian University Responses to Sexual Assault threats and sexual harassment on Australian and Harassment Project – the Policies, Protocols universities, our second campaign objective was and Procedures Project – to address this issue.7 to facilitate the development of an independent survey on the prevalence, reporting experiences Building on research undertaken by the NUS, and responses to sexual violence in Australian the Policies, Protocols and Procedures Project university settings. Our aim was to fill the focuses on the development of effective and information gap for the community and provide appropriate institutional responses to sexual Australian universities with the knowledge required assault and harassment in Australian universities, to better understand, respond to and prevent with a focus on the needs of women, LGBTIQ sexual violence. students and international students.

6. The Hunting Ground Australia Project, Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s University Sexual Assault and Harassment Project, Feb 2017, http://www.thehuntinggroundaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-Hunting-Ground-Australia-Project-submission-to-AHRC-University-Sexual-Assault-and-Harassment-Project.pdf 7. See http://www.ahrcentre.org/topics/strengthening-australian-university-responses-sexual-assault-and-harassment

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The project’s aim is to develop a good practice material around healthy relationships, sexual policy and procedures framework – informed ethics, consent and bystander strategies, by comparative international research and the and have already begun to be employed in survey data and analysis – which will be available Australian universities and residential colleges.8 as a resource for use and adaptation across the university sector. The project’s report will be THGAP subsequently partnered with community released on 3 August 2017. campaigning organisation Fair Agenda to ascertain what sexual violence prevention Ethics and Consent Training training Australia’s university residential colleges The fourth stream of THGAP’s impact campaign were offering. In September 2016 Fair Agenda was preventative in nature, and involved the approached Australia’s 214 university residences development of education materials and programs with a questionnaire regarding what, if any, to better equip university students and staff training they provided staff and students to to respond to sexual violence. By educating prevent sexual violence. young people, their educators and carers about respectful relationships, consent laws and ethical Working with experts in the prevention of sexual choices, we hoped that Australian students violence, Fair Agenda’s survey collected the first would have a framework to take into their future ever record of the quantity and quality of training workplaces and families. provided by residences, including indicators to track the inclusion (or lack thereof) of best THGAP in early 2016 engaged the Full Stop practice training in this area. To date almost half Foundation, led by Professor Moira Carmody of Australia’s residential colleges have responded and Karen Willis OAM, to adapt existing ethics to Fair Agenda’s residence survey9 and Fair and consent training programs to the Australian Agenda have been told that the process of university context. The Sex, Safety & Respect being surveyed has had a positive influence on program and training materials comprise some residence’s policies and priorities.

8. See http://www.fullstopfoundation.org.au/MainMenu/Training/Sex-Safety-Respect 9. See a summary of the results at www.fairagenda.org/residences

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Members of THGAP team and working group To support the broader objectives of the impact also attended and participated in the Universities campaign, THGAP has pursued opportunities to Australia conference in Canberra on 9 March 2016, screen the film at conferences and in collaboration which included a session on ‘Best practices in with community organisations. response to sexual violence on campus’.

Conference Screenings Community Screenings THGAP have led a number of conference THGAP have also led a number of cinema screenings and panel discussions, including: screenings co-presented with community partners, showing the 103 minute version • Australia New Zealand Student Services Conference – Hobart, 8 December 2015 of the film. These have included: • Australasian Association of College and • Australian International Documentary University Housing Officers Conference – Conference screening at the Australian Sydney, 22 April 2015 Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) – Melbourne, 1 March 2016 • National Union of Students Education Conference – Sydney, 6 July 2016 • Women’s Centre for Health Matters and • National Association of Australian Canberra Rape Crisis Centre screening University Colleges National Conference – at National Film & Sound Archive – Sydney, 8 July 2016 Canberra, 3 March 2016 • Network of Women Students Australia’s • Fair Agenda screening at Hoyts EQ – (NOWSA) Annual Conference – Sydney, 21 April 2016 Sydney, 13 July 2016 • Victorian Women’s Trust screening at • National Association of Australian Cinema Nova – Melbourne, 28 April 2016 University Colleges National Conference – • Sydney Womens Fund screening at Eternity Melbourne, 5 July 2017 Theatre – Sydney, 20 July 2016

NOWSA screening July 2016, NOWSA – Justine Landis-Hanley, Moo Baulch, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins, Prof Andrea Durbach, Heidi LaPaglia

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ABC2 SCREENING THGAP Action Toolkit The feature length version of The Hunting Ground To mark the ABC broadcast, THGAP released 10 screened on ABC2 on 21 June 2017. This was an Action Toolkit to empower key audiences, the first public television broadcast of the film including students, parents, alumni, faculty, in Australia, which is also available through the advisors and administrators, to take action Netflix platform. to combat sexual violence in Australian universities. The Toolkit includes background to the film, contextual information around the situation in Australia, and suggestions for how different audiences can get involved in the campaign for Australian universities to be free of sexual violence.

For students, there are excerpts from the Full Stop Foundation’s Sex, Safety & Respect program around consent and bystander skills – two key issues consistently raised in campus screenings. The Toolkit includes also includes a Student Campus Environmental Scan – for students to consider how effective their university is in responding to, and helping end, sexual violence – as well as resources and contacts for students The Guardian Podcast and Video and others to seek out further information. To coincide with the ABC broadcast, contextualise The Hunting Ground in Australia GENDER-WISE and discuss the imminent release of the Commission’s survey into sexual violence, PHILANTHROPY AWARD THGAP teamed up with The Guardian in the THGAP was delighted to have their work production of a podcast and video. recognised by Philanthropy Australia’s Gender- wise Philanthropy Award, presented to The

THGAP / The Guardian panel discussion, June 2017 Caledonia Foundation and Good Pitch Australia for The Hunting Ground Australia Project. The Gender-wise Philanthropy Award recognises achievements in the past five years from funding initiatives that advance gender equity through investment in project or organisations that support women and girls or through the integration of a gender lens.

The Guardian’s Gabrielle Jackson chaired a panel with THGAP Campaign Director Allison Henry, Karen Willis from Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia, EROC Australia Ambassador Anna Hush, and student campaigners from Sydney University Katie Thorburn and Mariam Mohammed.

10. The Hunting Ground Australia Project, Action Toolkit, June 2017, http://www.thehuntinggroundaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170616-THGAP-Action-Toolkit.compressed-2.pdf

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2011 NUS Talk About It survey.

16 SEP 2015

Good Pitch2 Australia at Sydney Opera SEP-OCT 2015 27 FEB 2015 House.

US premiere of Initial discussions between The Hunting Ground. THGAP and UA regarding campus screenings.

MAY 2015 18 NOV 2015 Initial research and project design University staff previews undertaken by THGAP of The Hunting Ground and the AHRCentre. commence. TIMELINE

JUN 2015 OCT 2015

Sydney Film Festival screens THGAP commissions the FSF The Hunting Ground. to adapt existing ethics and consent training programs to the Australian university context.

AUG 2015

THGAP commissions OCT 2015 the AHRCentre to implement the The AHRCentre and the Commission Strengthening Australian discuss the possible scope and nature University Responses of the student survey, then commence to Sexual Assault and discussions with Universities Australia Harassment Project. with a view to surveying across all 39 Australian universities.

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2 FEB 2016

Launch of 2015 NUS APR 2017 Talk About It survey. 4 MAR 2016 The Caledonia Foundation awarded Philanthropy Australia’s FSF training 2017 Gender Wise Philanthropy materials Award for Good Pitch’s The completed. 12 FEB 2016 Hunting Ground Australia Project.

Launch of UA’s Respect. Now. Always.

21 JUN 2017 23 AUG 2016 22 FEB 2016 The Hunting Ground Launch of screens on ABC2. THGAP Campus screenings of The Commission’s releases its Action Toolkit Hunting Ground at Australian University Sexual to empower key audiences, universities commence. Assault and including students, parents, Harassment Project. alumni, faculty, advisors and administrators, to take action to combat sexual violence in Australian universities. FEB 2016

Seed funding agreement between THGAP and the Commission for survey finalised.

SEP 2016 1 AUG 2017 Fair Agenda launches FEB 2016 The Commission releases residential colleges survey. Change the Course: All 39 universities agree to participate National report on sexual in, and contribute funding to, the assault and sexual national university student survey of harassment at Australian sexual assault and sexual harassment SEP 2016 universities. to be conducted by the Commission. The Commission conducts the national student survey at all 39 universities in 3 AUG 2017 FEB 2016 three waves, between 21 September 2016 and AHRCentre releases The AHRCentre and the Commission 9 December 2016. On Safe Ground: A establish a working group to assist Good Practice Guide for with drafting the survey instrument. Australian Universities

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UNIVERSITY PROFILES

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY All these advances to eliminate violence at La Trobe University triggered a development towards In 2016, La Trobe University joined a national a more transparent and organised incident campaign alongside the other 38 Australian management system for staff and students, to universities to address the issue of sexual report violence or inappropriate behaviour, where assault and sexual harassment on Australian and when it occurred. university campuses. In early 2017, the new Speak Up service rolled out La Trobe University screened The Hunting Ground across the university to provide a safe, supportive four times at its Bundoora campus and once at and inclusive environment for all students and each of their City, Bendigo, Mildura, Shepparton staff. The service was designed to help staff and and Albury-Wodonga campuses during 2016. students locate support for themselves or others in After screening The Hunting Ground to staff relation to intimidation, harassment, discrimination, and students across regional and metropolitan all forms of violence (including sexual and physical campuses in Victoria, there was an immediate assault), and other forms of concerning behaviour. response from the university community to access support services and information for people affected by violence. La Trobe launched Project Unified, an initiative to deliver a unified University framework to manage and support prevention of violence on campus. Since its commencement, Speak Up has helped support staff and students across La Trobe’s The Project Unified team engaged with staff and campuses. The service has covered a gamut students across the University to collect both of concerns including issues around bullying, qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data stalking, struggles with mental health and other was sourced from interviews/focus groups and behavioural and welfare-related issues. quantitative data was drawn from the university’s primary incident management data tools. The In addition, there have been a number of educational objectives delivered to students approach resulted in a holistic analysis with three and staff around issues such as responding main goals to enable La Trobe University to be an to disclosure, confidentiality, violence and effective leader in violence prevention and support: procedural fairness. Resources, communication • Provide a unified and victim-centred and promotional collateral to support the Speak approach to support Up service were developed and presented • Build a culture of understanding, trust via numerous channels and areas across the respect and action university including: • Develop sustainable structures and strategies • Information and presentations for to address violence prevention and support. staff induction sessions • Staff training around ‘Making it safe The initiative set about improving the university’s on campus’ and ‘Addressing knowledge, processes and policies to effectively concerning behaviours’ address violence, and was successful in • Tailored training for welfare officers, delivering on a number of strategies to advocate accommodation services staff and gender equality and eliminate violence in the student ambassadors university’s communities. Deliverables included • Intranet announcements and website updates training packages, online tracking tools, briefing • A social media campaign targeting students sessions, audits of the physical environments and via Facebook, Twitter and other online portals educational resources for staff and students about • Presentations into the La Trobe Student violence prevention and support. Union internal conference

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• Information embedded into postgraduate La Trobe is committed to being an agent and student induction sessions and induction packs leader of positive change and recognises that • Graduate Research School communications universities have a unique role to play in from the Dean and via the online scholar eliminating violence against women. publication. La Trobe’s screenings of The Hunting Ground The new central incident management approach were accompanied by a strong message of has overseen the set-up of a ‘Safety on Campus’ support from Vice Chancellor Professor John Complex Behavioural Risk Action Group (CBRAG) Dewar, a leading advocate for gender equality to work on complex cases and incidents. With and the elimination of violence. representatives from across the university including International, Security, Residential Services and Equity and Diversity, the group works through strategies to deal with high risk “Senior leadership advocacy is critical in and complex issues, and collects, reports and championing the elimination of violence… summarises data on violence to key stakeholders I believe that universities are uniquely placed and the University Senior Executive Group. to influence public opinion and educate the community. I recognise that genuine La Trobe University is proud of its active leadership requires external engagement but contribution to national and global dialogue and also introspection as to how we can build a initiatives to eliminate violence against women caring community for people within La Trobe. with their inclusion in the Workplace Equality and This is why Project Unified was established.” Respect Project (being run by Our Watch), SAGE Athena SWAN, 16 Days of Activism and – Vice Chancellor Professor John Dewar Workplace Gender Equality Agency Employer of Choice citation.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES • To ensure UNSW remains proactive in its The Hunting Ground screened at the University of response, the university in 2016 established New South Wales (UNSW) Kensington campus with a subcommittee of its Equity, Diversity and an audience of around 350 students on 2 May 2016. Inclusion (EDI) Board. The subcommittee Having taken up a one year licensing package, incorporates all the positions with relevant UNSW also screened the film to approximately responsibilities across the university, including 200 of UNSW’s most senior managers and the heads of Student Services and Student Life, leaders, and held follow-up screenings across Human Resources, Learning and Teaching and the University’s residential colleges. college representatives. The subcommittee’s initial role is to monitor and implement actions UNSW has adopted a comprehensive response arising from the internal audit process, but to sexual harassment and assault, led by the its mandate is expected to expand. The ViceChancellor of UNSW, Professor Ian Jacobs, subcommittee reports to the EDI Board who who has made strong statements against sexual in turn reports regularly to UNSW’s Council, violence and made a clear commitment to ensuring a high degree of transparency. continuous improvement at UNSW. • Keeping a focus on preventative measures as Importantly, UNSW has adopted a wide lens, well as its response to sexual violence, UNSW considering all incidents that affect the health and has increased its training initiatives. In first wellbeing of members of the UNSW community semester 2017 UNSW introduced a mandatory – whether students or staff, and regardless of online training module, with a focus on sexual whether the experience was on or off campus. misconduct and consent, for all first year undergraduates. The training is being rolled Over the past year UNSW has taken significant out to postgraduate students. More intensive steps to improve its own practices and outcomes in managing and preventing sexual violence: face-to-face training was also provided to a group of 120 student leaders on Student • Following the establishment of a Working Representative Council and Postgraduate Group in 2015 to provide advice on how to Council and in university colleges. UNSW is improve UNSW’s efforts – including awareness also developing e-learning packages for all of raising, culture change, support, procedures its college students, to reinforce the messages and how the university handles complaints – of the introductory training. UNSW in 2016 brought forward an internal audit • First responders training, delivered in person, to review and develop a baseline of UNSW’s will be rolled out from July 2017, to coincide response and prevention measures, in an with launch of UNSW’s new reporting portal. attempt to gain an institutional understanding While the training will be mandatory for some of UNSW’s position and develop a roadmap for staff (eg human resources and security staff) further steps required. it will otherwise be voluntary in order to avoid inadvertent traumatizing of participants.

UNSW’s new centralised reporting portal will be launched in July 2017, providing one place for staff and students to report incidents on and off campus. UNSW sees the launch of the new portal as an opportunity to engage across the whole institution in the management and prevention of sexual violence, and particularly notes the role that data collected will play in prevention (for example, by identifying incidents in particular locations). UNSW are targeting counseling and health service staff and student leaders in training workshops to UNSW screening in May 2016 support the roll out of the portal.

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The Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre) ST LEO’S COLLEGE & GRACE COLLEGE in the Law School at UNSW has been an integral UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND partner of The Hunting Ground Australia Project, The Hunting Ground in February 2017 featured leading the national project aimed at researching in an innovative O-week training program, ‘Re- current practice and good practice in dealing Think Day’, run by two residential colleges at the with and preventing sexual harassment and University of Queensland, St Leo’s College and assault, and closely involved in the development Grace College. of the independent survey implemented by the Australian Human Rights Commission The 2017 ‘Re-Think’ Day built upon a similar (the Commission). The AHRCentre has also initiative in 2016, Q-Week. According to Stephen undertaken a case study based on interviews with Foley, Head of St Leo’s College “The Hunting Ground was the genesis of Q Week. We saw it as a cross-section of UNSW stakeholders. a launch pad to educate our all-male college in a As noted above, all of these reports will be way we hadn’t previously. Sure, we have talked released in early August 2017. UNSW is looking about these issues – through all-college meetings forward to the release of these reports, seeing involving all our staff (male and female) however them as a real opportunity to listen to the we decided we had a duty to ensure it stayed experiences and concerns of students as on the agenda.” voiced in the national student survey, and to look closely at the good practice Screening of The Hunting Ground with St Leo’s and Grace students, recommendations in the AHRCentre’s report. February 2017

UNSW have engaged an external consultant to review existing measures and develop a stand-alone Sexual Misconduct Policy and accompanying procedures for the university. While work has commenced on this task, it will not be completed until after the reports from the Commission and AHRCentre are released in August, as UNSW is committed to being open to the findings of the reports and using them to The 2017 ‘Re-Think’ Day was developed by better inform their responses. staff at St Leo’s College who recognised that there was a need to address issues around In the meantime, UNSW is keeping its respectful relationships, evolving gender roles, community informed of progress, with messages sexual diversity awareness and inclusion, to be sent by the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy sexual communication and consent with Vice-Chancellor Education to staff and students their incoming students. to promote the launch of the new reporting portal, Mark Thornton, Deputy Head of College at St raise awareness of the release of the reports and Leo’s, commented on the rationale for day: “The provide a link to the Commission’s survey results, certainty that we needed this program arose from and issues specific to UNSW, once they have conversations with residents which showed that been released. they were poorly informed about many of the issues surrounding sexual assault and diverse UNSW is working with 1800 RESPECT and sexual orientation. Our residents come from a others in preparation for the August release wide variety of backgrounds and while some have dates. In addition to ensuring they have a safety a broad understanding in these areas, others are plan and supports in place for current students, still quite uninformed. The program is designed UNSW are expecting a spike in reports of to promote respect for others in relationships, historical events. respect for diverse lifestyles and respect for themselves. It is educational, values driven and challenges stereotypes.”

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‘Re-Think’ Day involved all of the first year students SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY and student leaders from the two Colleges – Southern Cross University (SCU) screened around 200 students in total. Students participated The Hunting Ground at its Lismore, Gold Coast, in a roster of four workshops: Coffs Harbour, Sydney and Melbourne campuses • The Good Sex Roundtable: Promoting in early 2016. Professor Andrew McAuley, SCU’s positive spaces to discuss sexual Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), led the communication and wellbeing – Nina Funnell screenings and panel discussions following, (author, journalist and speaker) and Katrina and reported good attendances and positive Marson (ACT Director of Public Prosecutions) responses across all campuses. • The Good Old Days? Men, Women and Sexual Identity in Australia’s Past – Dr Lisa Following the screenings, Professor McAuley Featherstone (UQ) and Dr Geoff Ginn (UQ) suggested that SCU would look to review its • LGBTI Awareness & Inclusion – Ishwar complaints processes and a range of policies Singh, Pride in Diversity relating to student wellbeing, as well as participate in the Commission’s national • Consent, get it right – Roxana Paterson student survey. (Deputy Principal at Grace College) and Mark Thornton (Deputy Head of College A year on, Professor McAuley reported that at St Leo’s College) SCU had built on the issues raised by The Hunting Ground screenings, and closely The day’s proceedings concluded with a examined issues around student safety: screening of the one hour international version of The Hunting Ground and a panel discussion “The Hunting Ground screenings and panel involving the workshop presenters and a former discussions stimulated thinking around the resident of St Leo’s College. The panellists wider context of student wellbeing. It made explored the relevance of the film in an Australian SCU think about our Unibar and how it context, the role of alcohol, and the importance operates, the kind of events it hosts, and of bystander interventions, amongst other issues. services provided.”

The day utilised activities and videos, providing SCU have undertaken an internal student students with an opportunity to explore issues safety audit, particularly considering issues around gender, sexuality and consent in a of safety around SCU residences, reviewed safe environment. In addition, the College staff the Terms of Reference for the Behavioural emphasised the services and support available Intelligence Group – making sure linkages are to residents should the needs arise. in place that align the Terms of Reference with student safety – and tweaked other policies Mark Thornton commented that St Leo’s College to support students and staff to respond to was: “…very pleased with the outcomes of the issues of sexual violence. day. The plan of rotating the residents through the four presentations then bringing them together SCU is now working with its counselling for The Hunting Ground film and panel worked team to consider training around consent very well. It was certainly bigger and better than and bystander behaviour. SCU is seeking to last year and the evaluation sheets verified that embed changes to ensure long term and the residents took a lot out of the day. We will positive developments. certainly present the program next year with some SCU was an enthusiastic participant in the refinements that should make it work even better.” national survey and is looking forward to the The Principal at Grace College, the Rev Dr Anita release of the Commission’s report in August. Monro, was also pleased with the day’s outcomes, commenting: “Grace College residents felt For the launch of the report, SCU will have empowered by the opportunity to discuss issues counselling and pastoral staff on hand, and that have a profound effect on their health, safety will also promote information and contact and wellbeing.” numbers for external services available locally.

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COLLEGES Other training courses provided by the colleges, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE by various internal and external presenters and Having taken up a three year licensing package, including some sexual assault service providers, the University of Melbourne and its residential have included: colleges have embraced The Hunting Ground as • Understanding Sexual Consent & Preventing part of its broader commitment to respect. The Sexual Violence on Campus Training film was screened by the University as part of (Full Stop Foundation’s Moira Carmody) its Respect Week in March 2016 and has been utilised by the University’s 11 colleges during • Bystander Engagement Training 2016 and 2017, with screenings followed by group (Griffith University’s Shannon Murdoch) discussions facilitated by expert panels. • Responding to Sexual Assault (Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA)) Reflecting the colleges’ commitment to building and maintaining respectful and safe communities, • Responsible Alcohol Promotion there has been a focus on reviewing and • Responsible Social Media Training updating policy frameworks and enhancing training for students. • Step-Back-Think • “Good Lads, Good Lasses” The colleges share a Fair Treatment Policy and guidelines that outline standards and best practice • Responsible Relationships in relation to issues including sexual harassment, • Safe partying and responsible alcohol serious misconduct and criminal behaviour. These and prevention of violence policies were upgraded at the beginning of 2016 and subsequently reviewed by the Australian In addition to policy review and enhanced training, Human Rights Centre at UNSW and a colleague colleges have made consent training and videos who works closely with survivors of sexual available and developed and disseminated violence for ‘End Rape on Campus’ (EROC) to posters for students advising of internal and ensure they were sufficiently robust. Associated external avenues for assistance with respect policies such as those around alcohol and safe to fair treatment issues. partying are aimed at further helping to create an environment for appropriate relationships. The colleges are also working closely with the University in order to ensure that their While annual training to support the practices are closely aligned with the Safer implementation of the Fair Treatment policy and Community Program, which aims to promote procedures is provided for all relevant staff and a safe learning, working and living environment students in the colleges, a key focus has been at the University of Melbourne, and provides on expanding training to all students, not just mechanisms for reporting sexual harassment student leaders. or sexual assault.

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Dr Bull stated that “Australian universities don’t The University of South Australia (UniSA) have to reinvent the solutions here,” noting that screened The Hunting Ground in Adelaide in there are structures, models and training in May 2016. The Q&A following the screening place internationally that can be adapted to the Australian university environment. featured representatives from the university and local sexual assault services and led to an One critical area where action has already been engaged discussion with the student leaders implemented is in relation to trauma training of key who attended. UniSA recorded the Q&A university personnel including key front line staff session to enable students at its regional and student representatives in leadership roles. Dr campuses to also watch and listen Bull noted that End Rape on Campus Australia’s to this session. submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission had highlighted the importance of Vice Chancellor David Lloyd also instigated trauma training when managing complex situations a review of policies, procedures and report so UniSA organised for local sexual assault service structures related to the handling of sexual Yarrow Place to deliver training in April 2017. harassment and assault at UniSA. The University will closely consider the report Chair of the review, Dr Laura-Ann Bull, the and recommendations arising from the Australian Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement Human Rights Commission and Australian Human and Equity, explained that it was “important that Rights Centre reports and will continue to adapt we don’t just focus on the campus but look and improve its services as necessary. more broadly at student wellbeing. We need to ensure that staff and students are educated to respond appropriately to students in a “This is about improving our responses survivor centric way.” and drawing on best practice – so The review consulted with representatives of the students know that their university is Student Association, students and other members doing all it can to ensure and engender of the University community and engaged the a culture of respect and safety.” services of an external consultant who is a – Vice Chancellor David Lloyd subject matter expert.

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