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Josh Bornstein

Josh Bornstein

Josh Bornstein is a lawyer and author. He has represented many women subjected to sexual harassment.

Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal.

Segal’s report lays a trap for Albanese. How he responds will have profound implications

When the Albanese government appointed a special envoy for antisemitism, it bypassed existing institutions that work against racism. Now it’s reaping what it sowed.

  • Josh Bornstein

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Only 17 per cent of sexual harassment incidents were reported.

We have a great law to tackle workplace sexual harassers. Pity it’s never been used

Amid horrific claims of sexual harassment and abuse in the hospitality industry, what if Australia’s world-leading Respect@Work law is a “dead letter”? A law that’s on the books but never enforced might as well not exist.

  • Karen O'Connell and Josh Bornstein
Composite image by Aresna Villanueva.

When cancel culture goes this far, our democracy is in peril

An Australian human rights lawyer is the latest victim of a campaign to shut down Jewish people who dare to criticise Israel.

  • Josh Bornstein
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

If we vote Yes to the Voice, are we helping reconciliation? That’s affirmative

Just like right-wing arguments in the US that destroyed measures designed to reduce racial inequality, the No campaign encourages Australians to lie to themselves.

  • Josh Bornstein
For many years now, employees have been told that a real wage rise is imminent.

Big business needs to be cured of its addiction to low wages

The same business lobbyists who have successfully campaigned for laws that suppress wages since the 1980s are issuing familiar warnings on multi-employer bargaining.

  • Josh Bornstein
Red tape is a factor in stagnant wage growth.

Employees, not business, are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth

Profits have never been higher and the share of the economic pie paid to workers has never been lower.

  • Josh Bornstein and Alison Pennington
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Pandemic amplifies the brittle fault lines in our society

The early indications from two years of the economic dislocation of the coronavirus pandemic are in. More of the same – just more extreme.

  • Josh Bornstein
The March 4 Justice in Melbourne protesting against sexual assault and gender inequality.

Why change at the top will make women feel safer

Addressing sexual harassment and other violence against women starts with recognising that it is a systemic problem that requires a fundamental change to the roles of men and women.

  • Josh Bornstein

Parliament lags judiciary in providing a harassment-free workplace

The Morrison government appeals to the rule of law except if it’s politically inconvenient to do so.

  • Josh Bornstein
It’s up to men to make the change required.

Coalition’s concern for rule of law a ‘convenient fig leaf’

Until the events of last week engulfed the government, the PM’s passion for the rule of law was repeatedly missing in action.

  • Josh Bornstein