Victimisation Recommendation 21: Amend the Australian Human Rights Commission Act to make explicit that any conduct that is an offence under section 94 of the Sex Discrimination Act can form the basis of a civil action for unlawful discrimination. Timeframe as a ground on which the President can terminate an accepted complaint Recommendation 22: Amend the Australian Human Rights Commission Act so that the President’s discretion to terminate a complaint under the Sex Discrimination Act on the grounds of time does not arise until it has been 24 months since the alleged unlawful discrimination took place. Representative and/or collective claims Recommendation 23: Amend the Australian Human Rights Commission Act to allow unions and other representative groups to bring representative claims to court, consistent with the existing provisions in the Australian Human Rights Commission Act that allow unions and other representative groups to bring a representative complaint to the Commission. Damages and costs Recommendation 24: The Australian Government conduct further research on damages in sexual harassment matters and whether this reflects contemporary understandings of the nature, drivers, harms and impacts of sexual harassment. This research should inform judicial education and training. Recommendation 25: Amend the Australian Human Rights Commission Act to insert a cost protection provision consistent with section 570 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Consistency of sexual harassment laws Recommendation 26: The Australian Government work with state and territory governments, through the Council of Australian Governments or another appropriate forum, to amend state and territory human rights and anti-discrimination legislation with the objective of achieving consistency, where possible, with the Sex Discrimination Act, without limiting or reducing protections. Respect@Work: Everyone’s National business: Inquiry into National SexualWorkplace Harassment Sexual in Australian Harassment Workplaces Inquiry • 2019 2020 • 45