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Beyond Policy: The Active Bystander and Australia’s Positive Duty under the AHRC Seven Standards

by Steven Asnicar | Nov 13, 2025 | Posts

The landscape of Australian workplace law has undergone a fundamental shift. No longer is it enough for organisations to react to harassment or discrimination after it occurs. The introduction of the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) places a...

The Negative Impacts of a Passive Bystander

by Steven Asnicar | Aug 8, 2025 | Posts

The hidden cost of staying silent I’ve watched talented people leave organisations not because of harassment itself, but because colleagues stayed silent when it happened. That’s when the reality of impacts of passive bystander behaviour really hit me....

What is an Active Bystander? A Comprehensive Guide for Corporate Teams

by Steven Asnicar | Jul 13, 2025 | Posts

What is an Active Bystander. Diversity Australia - Optimal Workplaces Podcast Ep 5. by Diversity Australia https://bystandertraining.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Episode_5_Active_Bystander_AUSTRALIAN_VOICES.mp3 The moment everything changes I’ll never forget...

The 5 D’s of Being an Active Bystander

by Steven Asnicar | Jul 2, 2025 | 5 Ds, Posts

Your toolkit for workplace intervention So there’s this colleague I know who completely froze when his boss made a racist comment during a team meeting. Afterwards, he came to me and said, “I wanted to say something but had no idea what. Do I call him out...

7 Inappropriate Workplace Behaviours – A Summary Guide.

by Steven Asnicar | Jun 20, 2025 | Posts

The grey areas that aren’t so grey So look, I get asked “but is that really inappropriate?” constantly in training sessions. Like, all the time. People genuinely struggle to work out what counts as inappropriate workplace behaviour and honestly? I...