IMPACT
I was awarded the 2020 Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to explore ways activists and universities can work together to prevent sexual violence on campus. I travelled to the USA, Canada and the UK from September to December 2022 to undertake this research opportunity to inform reforms in the Australian context.
I am the Founder of The STOP Campaign, and was the Director and Safeguarding Manager from 2018 to the end of 2023. The STOP Campaign is a grassroots organisation addressing sexual violence in Australian tertiary learning communities through empowerment, education, activism and awareness. The STOP Campaign are a volunteer-run intersectional feminist organisation that values intersectionality, integrity, respect and passion.
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I was the Director of The STOP Campaign's project: Safe Response Toolkit: A Toolkit for Sexual Violence Victim-Survivors and Their Supporters (SRT). The SRT is a physical and online resource that provides information to victim-survivors and their supporters about how to safely respond to sexual violence disclosures and access support services in the ACT. The SRT provides clear, accurate and easily accessible information about the process of seeking support following an experience of sexual violence.
I co-lead The STOP Campaign's project: The College Program. The College Program is a series of education and advocacy workshops developed for tertiary students in residential halls which aim to prevent sexual violence and promote sexual wellbeing. The College Program is underpinned by The STOP Campaign’s core values of intersectionality, destigmatisation, and the importance of lived experience and peer facilitation to effectively engage young people and build safer communities.
The #IDeserveSafety Campaign was launched on 2 August 2023 by The STOP Campaign, together with End Rape On Campus Australia, Fair Agenda and the National Union of Students. The Campaign called on the Federal Government to create an independent national oversight mechanism to hold universities accountable for failing to protect students from sexual violence.
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I lead this campaign on behalf of The STOP Campaign and coordinated our collective efforts, inclusive of The STOP Campaign’s #IDeserveSafety Submission which was made to the Australian Universities Accord Panel on 10 September 2023. The #IDeserveSafety Submission provides first-hand experiences of violence and harm in Australian universities, with a particular focus on residential halls and student accommodation, and outlines recommendations for change.
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As a result of the collective efforts of The STOP Campaign, Sharna Bremner from End Rape on Campus Australia, Dr Allison Henry and Fair Agenda, the Government announced the Action Plan Addressing Gender-based Violence in Higher Education on 23 February 2024.
On behalf of The STOP Campaign, I was one of key campaigners who helped secure the Action Plan, and its two key actions - the National Student Ombudsman and the National Code.​ The Action Plan highlights key actions that the Government will implement to create higher education communities free from gender-based violence.
The National Student Ombudsman was established in 2025 as the first action of the Action Plan. It is an independent, statutory function of the Commonwealth Ombudsman. It can receive and investigate student complaints on a range of issues including gender-based violence.
The National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence came into force on 1 January 2026 as the second action of the Action Plan. It is a set of standards that higher education providers must meet to keep students and staff safe. It is intended to strengthen accountability and ensure that institutions adopt a whole-of-organisation approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in higher education.