Sexual assault survivor and Australian of the Year Grace Tame says the Morrison government has made a “grave mistake” in appointing a new human rights commissioner who has expressed concern about affirmative consent laws.
Senior figures have expressed unease that Finlay was appointed by the Coalition without the position first being advertised, and that could jeopardise the AHRC’s “A status” with the United Nations.
Tame’s criticism came during a Women’s Safety Summit convened by the Morrison government. She argued the “grave mistake” of the Finlay appointment exemplified “a fundamental lack of understanding at that top-level” about the issues being canvassed at the two-day summit.
Tame declared the appointment reflected “a proven track record with this government with its inability to understand these issues – its inability to address the fundamental issue of women’s safety [even] within parliament itself.”
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