In June last year, I spoke out against the culture of silence in the legal profession – a culture that operates to protect perpetrators of sexual harassment and sexual assault. I did so in the context of the findings of Vivienne Thom’s inquiry into the allegations against Dyson Heydon.

Later in the year, in a Four Corners program on ABC, I spoke about silence again. I said that over time, silence means more than just tolerating something - it means condoning and accepting it.