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| For the outgoing sex discrimination commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, becoming an officer of the order of Australia (AO) for her service is “a real thrill and a great honour” as well as a surprise. | For the outgoing sex discrimination commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, becoming an officer of the order of Australia (AO) for her service is “a real thrill and a great honour” as well as a surprise. |
| “I didn’t expect it,” she says. “In the work I do, there are people contributing in many different ways, together with others. But it is an honour.” | “I didn’t expect it,” she says. “In the work I do, there are people contributing in many different ways, together with others. But it is an honour.” |
| “There are many incredibly meritorious people aside from me who never have an opportunity to be recognised with an award,” she adds. | “There are many incredibly meritorious people aside from me who never have an opportunity to be recognised with an award,” she adds. |
| “A lot of the work that we do lives in the shadows. There’s a silence that often surrounds it – but sometimes that silence is at the request of people working with victims of family violence and discrimination.” | “A lot of the work that we do lives in the shadows. There’s a silence that often surrounds it – but sometimes that silence is at the request of people working with victims of family violence and discrimination.” |
| Broderick singled out the 2015 Australian of the year, Rosie Batty, for her work on domestic violence. | Broderick singled out the 2015 Australian of the year, Rosie Batty, for her work on domestic violence. |
| “Rosie Batty – someone with such a persuasive and influential voice – has really showed us this year that when we take these issues out of the shadows so much change can happen,” she says. | “Rosie Batty – someone with such a persuasive and influential voice – has really showed us this year that when we take these issues out of the shadows so much change can happen,” she says. |
| Broderick, who encouraged Australians to nominate more women for honours in 2016, believes the nation has experienced a real shift on gender equality, “the pointy end of which is violence against women”. | Broderick, who encouraged Australians to nominate more women for honours in 2016, believes the nation has experienced a real shift on gender equality, “the pointy end of which is violence against women”. |
| “We’ve started to say: ‘That’s not who we are, that’s not part of the values we have here in Australia’.” | “We’ve started to say: ‘That’s not who we are, that’s not part of the values we have here in Australia’.” |
| Asked about recent high-profile scandals involving harassment, Broderick says: “I expect we’ll continue to see more public scrutiny [in 2016], that people will call out sexism whenever they see it, that there’ll be greater education around respectful relationship.” | Asked about recent high-profile scandals involving harassment, Broderick says: “I expect we’ll continue to see more public scrutiny [in 2016], that people will call out sexism whenever they see it, that there’ll be greater education around respectful relationship.” |
| Change is coming, Broderick says, “from the classroom to the boardroom”. | Change is coming, Broderick says, “from the classroom to the boardroom”. |