O'Connor GregSARAH PALLETT (Labour—Ilam): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise with some solemnity this evening to add my small contribution to the previous debate. I agree with the member opposite the Hon Scott Simpson who spoke of the respect with which this debate has been treated. I also want to add my thanks and gratitude to the Hon Dr Deborah Russell and to Marja Lubeck for bringing this bill to the House. But I also want to make mention too again of Zoë Lawton whose blog I believe was the genesis of this bill following the Colmar Brunton poll that we have been talking about as we've moved through Parliament with this bill.We've heard that the purpose of this bill is really simple: we're trying to extend the time available for a personal grievance that involves sexual harassment from 90 days to 12 months but only for a personal grievance relating to sexual harassment.I also want to thank the submitters on this bill and I'm going to talk a tiny little bit about some of the themes that were brought forward just really expanding on what's been said before. I'm referring to one community group who said they didn't support the bill because they felt that this would risk people not being able to remember relevant events properly which is an interesting perspective because in my first reading speech I talked of my experiences my personal experiences of sexual harassment and I can only say that I remember in precise detail being harassed when I was 17 years old—which is many many years ago now. I remember what I was wearing. I remember where I was sitting. I remember what was said. I could almost tell you the smells. And that was harassment; it wasn't assault.Sexual harassment is really significant—it has a profound effect upon people. We've heard that 31 percent of women and 5 percent of men said when asked in this Colmar Brunton investigation that they'd experienced harassment. The most common reason for not reporting I'll go into in a little bit but 39 percent of them said that this experience affected their emotional and mental wellbeing and 32 percent said it affected their job or career prospects. It's not a small thing—it really isn't.I'm not going to speak for very much longer because I'm conscious that it's the end of the day but I just want to read a blog post from the #Metoo blog that Zoë Lawton put forward. One blog post read: To the guy who wrote: "How can so much 'behaviour' occur yet it is only reported and recorded when the momentum starts"—she says—"are you actually serious? I have personally experienced and I have witnessed other female lawyers experience the harsh repercussions of speaking up … laughed at or humiliated … denied work … pushed out of a job … bullied and stalked." Then she said: "I realise at the end of this post I have carefully worded it so as to not identify myself at all." She adds to the people who wrote and brought this forward "You are so brave."I would add: "Every submitter is brave." Zoë Lawton is brave. This House is brave to bring this legislation forward and I commend it to the House.DEPUTY SPEAKER: This debate is interrupted and set down for resumption next sitting day. I congratulate members on some very thoughtful and collegial lawmaking this evening. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. tomorrow.Debate interrupted.The House adjourned at 9.58 p.m."