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Gina McColl writes about institutions, public policy, arts and culture, and consumer affairs.

How inner Melbourne pubs are fighting back against the culture of sleaze

How inner Melbourne pubs are fighting back against the culture of sleaze

Drink spiking, sleazy remarks, assaults. This week's investigation into endemic sexual harassment in the hospitality industry does not come as a shock to Rose Gaumann. She has plenty of her own horror stories.

  • by Gina McColl

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'He told me he would rape me': horror stories in hospitality

'He told me he would rape me': horror stories in hospitality

Sleaze, assault and even threats of rape are all on the menu for young women who work in hospitality.

  • by Gina McColl
The right-wing Liberal club hiding donors and building conservative clout

The right-wing Liberal club hiding donors and building conservative clout

A fundraising club linked to the hard-right of the Liberal Party is obscuring its donors by failing to make disclosures to the Australian Electoral Commission as required by law, according to a political donations expert.

  • by Gina McColl
International Women's Day 2017: secrets revealed in Germaine Greer's archives

International Women's Day 2017: secrets revealed in Germaine Greer's archives

The world knows her as a trailblazing feminist, but no single label could ever be enough.

  • by Gina McColl
Honey Birdette former staff in new campaign over alleged harassment, exploitation

Honey Birdette former staff in new campaign over alleged harassment, exploitation

Critics say the language, including the words "beat" and "struck", continues lingerie chain Honey Birdette's alleged practices of tolerating or encouraging dangerous and exploitative workplace practices.

  • by Gina McColl
Racing Club with links to Crown revealed as generous Labor donor

Racing Club with links to Crown revealed as generous Labor donor

A Chinese middleman to VIP high-rollers at Crown, detained by the Chinese government in a crackdown on foreign casinos last year, has been revealed as a generous ALP donor, a Fairfax Media analysis has revealed.

  • by Gina McColl
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Health experts slam Turnbull government's air pollution proposals

Health experts slam Turnbull government's air pollution proposals

Doctors and health experts have criticised a government review of vehicle emissions and air pollution for underreporting the health risks, sidelining the Minister for Health, and potentially putting thousands of Australians' lives at risk.

  • by Gina McColl
Former Honey Birdette workers call out alleged exploitation and harassment

Former Honey Birdette workers call out alleged exploitation and harassment

"Spank me if I'm wrong" is recommended sales "banter" in the customer service manifesto.

  • by Gina McColl
Porn, pestering and power trips: readers respond to sexual harassment survey

Porn, pestering and power trips: readers respond to sexual harassment survey

No workplace is safe. That is the conclusion you have to draw from the hundreds of stories of workers sexual harassment by clients that have deluged Fairfax Media in response to a major investigation published this week

  • by GIna McColl
Sam Dastyari's accuser Cory Bernardi has his own questionable fundraising body
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Sam Dastyari's accuser Cory Bernardi has his own questionable fundraising body

Senator Cory Bernardi, the conservative warrior who led the charge against Senator Sam Dastyari's foreign donations "cash for comment" scandal, is himself involved with a political fundraising entity that inhabits a grey area in the political donations system.

  • by Gina McColl
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's links to Chinese political donors
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's links to Chinese political donors

Chinese businessmen with links to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop donated half a million dollars to the minister's Western Australian division of the Liberal Party during the past two years, raising questions about the propriety of foreign donations being linked to ministers with trade and diplomatic responsibilities.

  • by Gina McColl and Philip Wen

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