December 2021 Building a preventative culture 13 This example is drawn from Julian Gardner, An Equality Act for a Fairer Victoria: Equal Opportunity Review (Final Report, June 2008) [6.118]. 14 Australian Human Rights Commission, Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces (2020) 19. 15 For example, male dominated industries. See Australian Human Rights Commission, Women in male-dominated industries: A toolkit of strategies (2013) <https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/ sex-discrimination/publications/women-male-dominated-industries-toolkit-strategies-2013>. Australian Human Rights Commission, Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces (2020) [3.4]. 16 Beth Gaze and Belinda Smith, Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2017) 268, referring to Sandra Fredman, Human Rights Transformed: Positive Rights and Positive Duties (2008). 17 Beth Gaze and Belinda Smith, Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2017) 266. 18 Dominique Allen, ‘An Evaluation of the Mechanisms designed to promote substantive equality in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)’ (2020) 44(2) Melbourne University Law Review 459, 461–462. 19 Dominique Allen, ‘An Evaluation of the Mechanisms designed to promote substantive equality in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)’ (2020) 44(2) Melbourne University Law Review 459, 462. 20 Dominique Allen, ‘An Evaluation of the Mechanisms designed to promote substantive equality in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)’ (2020) 44(2) Melbourne University Law Review 459, 474. 21 Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) s 15(2). 22 Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) s 15(6). 23 Explanatory Memorandum, Equal Opportunity Bill 2010 (Vic) 17. 24 Dominique Allen, ‘An Evaluation of the Mechanisms designed to promote substantive equality in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)’ (2020) 44(2) Melbourne University Law Review 459, 494; Julian Gardner, An Equality Act for a Fairer Victoria: Equal Opportunity Review (Final Report, June 2008) rec 9. 25 Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) ss 15(4), 127. The powers were deliberately wound back: see Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission submission to Australian Human Rights Commission, National inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces (February 2019), 36–7. 82 FREE AND EQUAL An Australian Conversation on Human Rights