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Sexual harassment ‘common’ in live music venues

A Government task force will investigate sexual harassment in music venues after a study found three quarters of young people consider it common.

28 Jul 2015

Richard Watts

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Ensuring women’s safety and security in live music venues, and at nightclubs and music festivals, will be the priority of a new Government taskforce appointed by Victoria’s Minister for Justice, Jane Garrett.

The appointment of the taskforce comes after a recent meeting of the Victorian Live Music Roundtable, which heard from members of the LISTEN collective (a group dedicated to a healthier live music scene) and Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM) about the disturbing frequency of such harassment.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts