00:00 Sniffing out bad behaviour, Parliament is finally cracking down on MPs' misconduct.
00:07 It's overdue.
00:08 Elected politicians fall outside workplace laws, so this new regime will mean MPs will be punished for bullying, sexual harassment and ripping off their entitlements.
00:17 What this is about is bringing the Parliament into the modern expectations of what a safe and respectful workplace should look like.
00:26 This government has been frequently rocked by MPs behaving badly.
00:30 Darren Cheeseman was dumped from caucus following allegations of harassment of staff.
00:34 Will Fowles was ejected from Labor over allegations of a serious sexual assault, which he denies.
00:40 Adam Somyurek quit after he was caught running a branch stacking operation.
00:44 The former Speaker and his deputy were demoted for ripping off allowances.
00:47 I would like to see this actually go through the Parliament very smoothly.
00:51 I don't think the public want to see MPs constantly fascinated by themselves.
00:56 We're very conscious of the origins of these changes, but we do want to work through the detail when we see the final version tomorrow.
01:02 Three independent commissioners will hear and investigate complaints, and will be able to force an MP to apologise or undergo training.
01:09 For more serious misconduct, it can recommend that MPs be suspended, fined or even kicked out.
01:15 That can only be discharged on the floor of the Parliament.
01:18 It's really a very small part of the integrity jigsaw.
01:21 This is really more about MP behaviour than about political integrity.
01:25 And there's a lot more that we need to do in Victoria.
01:30 While Parliament is trying to change MPs' behaviour, the Premier is tackling an even bigger issue,
01:35 appointing the first Parliamentary Secretary for Men's Behavioural Change,
01:39 due to the scourge of gendered violence and the growth of online toxic masculinity.
01:44 It can't be left to women to manage women's safety.
01:47 It's boys and men and those attitudes and those norms and stereotypes that we need to break away from.
01:52 A job that will need plenty of resources.
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