Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I didn’t post because the articles were in the wrong newspapers, you didn’t work for a minister, you weren’t raped inside Parliament House, /5 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I didn’t post about the NDAs you were twice asked to sign as part of the settlement you fought for from the Albanese Government. /4 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I didn’t post about the bullying and demotion that followed your disclosure to managers at Parliament House in 2021. /3 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I didn’t post about your rapes by a staffer in a senator’s office when you were twenty-one and twenty-two. 2/9 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 27/05/2026thenightly.com.au/politics/for...thenightly.com.auEx-Democrats leader urges teals to avoid forming partyA former leader of the Australian Democrats, whose party appealed to disaffected moderate Liberal voters, is urging the teals to resist the idea of forming a political party. 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Read about how you can support this important campaign to prevent Australian workers from being silenced at the link below. Now it’s over the Australian Government … /3 share.google/UvhmdV2ya1mg...share.googleNDA CAMPAIGN: Our Silence is Not for Sale | Working Women's Centre AustraliaThrough the voices of victim-survivors, the Our Silence Is Not For Sale video campaign highlights the real impact of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of workplace sexual harassment and discri... 010
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 01/05/2026NDAs are often misused to silence workers who have been sexually assaulted, sexually harassed, or discriminated against. Find out more by watching our campaign video: /2 youtu.be/vUVVUjV_BEA?...youtu.beOur Silence is Not for Sale campaignYouTube video by Working Women's Centre Australia 110
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I’m proud to be one of the lived experience advocates who are part of the Working Women’s Centre Australia’s #OurSilenceIsNotForSale campaign, which calls on the Australian Government to make laws against the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). /1 110
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Not only are these kiwi fruit red, but they are cannibals 😳 010
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This reform wasn’t only far too late to help me as a young worker. It’s only just in time to help my children. The delay wasn’t harmless. It just shifted the cost onto young workers for decades. That’s what political inaction does. 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This news made my day! 🎉 Junior pay rates were a key reason I became politically active in the 90s and joined the Australian Democrats - the only party with a policy to abolish junior rates then. It should not have taken this long. Next step: Abolish junior rates for under 18s. 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Let’s go back to using the phrase “the truth” instead of “my truth”. If you’re telling the truth, start owning it. It’s not just about your perception or your feelings. It’s about the reality of what happened to you. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into saying otherwise. 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Folks, what’s happening in Farrer on 9 May is a by-election, not a bi-election. And I have no idea about the sexuality of any of the candidates who are running. #auspol 0102
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 15/03/2026“The Epstein files … offer the public an education in the ideology of that elite in which some people mattered too much to them to be held accountable and others mattered so little that crimes against them were of no significance.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comThe one thing everyone gets wrong about feminismPeople love to declare the death of the women’s movement, pointing to the ‘failure’ of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don’t give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca Solnit 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 12/03/2026www.change.org/p/ban-the-nd...change.org📣 Petition Update: We’ve Launched banthenda.com – Now We Push for Federal ReformDear Supporters, Because of your support, this movement has grown beyond a petition. I’m proud to share that we have now officially launched our national lived-experience campaign: www.banthenda.com ... 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Bullying in the APS doesn’t just affect victims. It leads to bad policies that harm all Australians. But it’s legal for departments to cover it up by pressuring staff who seek compensation to sign NDAs. Sign our petition to ban this practice. Link in comments. www.themandarin.com.au/309403-a-shi...themandarin.com.au‘A shit show’: How normalised bullying turbocharged robodebt’s illegalityANALYSIS | A sidelined, institutionalised, and bullied administrative cohort, turning a blind eye to cling to their jobs. The story of a whatever-it-takes culture laid bare by NACC evidence. 120
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 08/03/2026When it comes to International Women’s Day moments, meeting @jacindaardern.bsky.social is going to be hard to top! Best IWD ever! And another fabulous #AllAboutWomen festival! #iwd2026 010
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 07/03/2026- International Celebrate Women (But Ignore The Ones Who Make Too Many People Feel Uncomfortable) Day Are we really okay with this? I’m not. Let’s make IWD for all women again. Share the platforms, share the microphones, make IWD genuinely inclusive. /2 #IWD2026 020
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 07/03/2026International Women’s Day started in revolutionary and labour movements. Somewhere along the way it became: - International Women Who Can Afford $250 Tickets Day - International Women Who Get Paid A Lot To Sit On Boards Day - International Cupcakes And Tokenism Day /1 141
Reposted by Anna HoughGod @thegodshow.com · 04/03/2026WAR CRIMES DON'T HIDE SEX CRIMES! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!! 8764541634
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 01/03/2026No one who experiences sexual assault or sexual harassment at work should be pressured into signing an NDA. The Australian Government and other states and territories need to follow Victoria’s lead and ban the misuse of NDAs. /2 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Corrective Services NSW accused of protecting perpetrators and silencing victims. "It's appalling that CSNSW tries to buy women's silence with these NDAs," said Kirsty Prince. “When it comes time to negotiate my payout, I will refuse to sign an NDA.”💪👏 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.au'Their dirty secrets, not mine': Former prison officers speak out about NSW systemCurrent and former NSW prison officers describe what they say is a toxic workplace culture and a system that shields officers accused of serious misconduct, rather than holding them accountable. They ... 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The event organisers who did all the legwork? If we’re serious about intersectionality, it’s worth asking these questions. Who gets to be in the room matters. /4 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 26/02/2026But I was often too busy in March doing that work to attend events myself. Even if I had time, there were many I couldn’t afford tickets to, despite earning an above-average salary. Who else is being excluded in this way? The women who baked the IWD cupcakes? /3 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 26/02/2026When I worked as a researcher at Parliament House, I spent years providing data on women’s representation in parliaments to politicians across the political spectrum. That material was used in many of their IWD speeches. /2 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Dear International Women’s Day event organisers - Many IWD events feature excellent speakers and important conversations. But when attending those conversations comes with rock concert level ticket prices, even for livestream options, access becomes limited. #IWD2026 /1 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Albo: When women criticise my opponents they are great. Also Albo: When women criticise me they are “difficult”. 020
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The PM: Women who criticise my opponents are wonderful. Women who criticise me are “difficult”. 000
Reposted by Anna HoughLouise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Gynaecology's open secret. Surgeon repeatedly removed women's tissue & organs for “severe” #endometriosis. Pathology showed little/no trace of it. Multiple complaints by clinicians & patients to hospital & AHPRA. Nothing happened. Our 7-month #4Corners investigation. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...abc.net.auWomen 'let down by the system': Simon Gordon was gynaecology's open secretComplaints had been made about this gynaecologist for years. Only when hospital management discovered that Four Corners was looking into his practice, did it start investigating further. 2719383
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Are David Speers and Tony Burke twinning today? Both are rocking gelled grey hair, glasses, grey suits, light coloured shirts, and brown shoes. #GenderBalancedFashionCommentary #insiders 010
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Is it the right time for an Australian republic yet? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...abc.net.auBreaking: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrestedAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor has reportedly been arrested at his eastern England home. Follow live. 010
Reposted by Anna HoughNPR @npr.org · 17/02/2026BREAKING NEWS: The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.n.prLongtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84. 30782286
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Waves to the “I wasn’t a feminist until I was sexually assaulted or sexually harassed or discriminated against at work” crowd 👋🏻 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Happy Year of the Fire Horse everyone! 🔥🐴 And a special shoutout to my fellow horse year people! 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 17/02/2026“Too often, Parliament behaves as though the reckoning has passed. For the many survivors of parliamentary workplace harm, it has not. … It is a system that still struggles to hold power to account and too often exacerbates the trauma of those who have already been harmed.” /2 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Having also spoken out publicly about my mistreatment in parliamentary workplaces - which in my case involved sexual assaults, bullying and discrimination - I endorse every word of this excellent article by Jo Tarnawsky in @womensagenda.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/latest/soapb...womensagenda.com.auSetting the standard? Parliament still doesn't take workplace harm seriouslyWith "many" complaints of workplace misconduct at Parliament House being made, how seriously are they being treated? Jo Tarnawsky writes. 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Love is … Arriving early to get front row position at the Ed Sheeran show, even though you’re more of a Metallica fan. Love you W 💕 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 12/02/2026No more silence: Treat sexual harassment as the safety hazard it is “In 2023 - 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) resolved just 314 sexual harassment complaints. Compare that to the estimated 2.7 million Australians affected.” womensagenda.com.au/latest/soapb...womensagenda.com.auNo more silence: Treat sexual harassment as the safety hazard it isAligning WHS and equality laws can improve safety by preventing harassment and shifting responsibility from individuals to employers. 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Sadly not many people seem very interested in setting the standard in Parliament House in 2026, regardless of gender 011
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026In this case the CEO is a woman, so it’s “What is going on with highly paid public servants?” 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026As I told @canberratimes.bsky.social, sexual assault, sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in parliamentary workplaces are not a laughing matter. Estimates should be a place for accountability, not stunts or jokes. /5 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917183...canberratimes.com.au'Agency is a sham': calls for CEO to resign after Senate estimates outburstSurvivors describe the agency head's behaviour as 'disturbing.' 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026So much for setting the standard. As someone who was sexually assaulted, bullied and discriminated against in parliamentary workplaces this is all beyond disappointing. /4 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026And no questions about why progress on implementing the Set the Standard recommendations was not reviewed last year as Kate Jenkins recommended. /3 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Also this Senate Estimates round, senators have asked questions about condom vending machines and the opening hours of the Parliament House gym. But there have been no questions about the toxic culture at the Department of Parliamentary Services. /2 100
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 11/02/2026At Senate Estimates on Monday night the CEO of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service laughed when questioned about staff complaints. The PWSS was set up to support staff experiencing bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment or sexual assault. /1 #auspol 110
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Senate Estimates: Department of Parliamentary Services Edition. It’s all about the big issues. #auspol 000
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Are there more important things to talk about in DPS Estimates? Yes, there are. Do those things actually get discussed? Frequently, no. /2 020
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Senate Estimates hearings with the Department of Parliamentary Services. If Parliament House is The Canberra Bubble, then this is The Bubble Within The Bubble, where officials are interrogated about vital issues such as the Parliament House gym’s opening hours. /1 #auspol 120