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Cultural Change Champion: Safe Staff, Safe Venues

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Cultural Change Champion: Safe Staff, Safe Venues. (2026, October 12). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/vic-good-food-guide/cultural-change-champion-safe-staff-safe-venues-20261012-p61417.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Victorian Trades Hall Council initiated the Safe Staff, Safe Venues campaign to empower hospitality workers by educating them about their rights regarding fair wages, employee treatment, and sexual assault prevention. This initiative focuses on vulnerable groups like women, gender-diverse individuals, migrants, and international students who form a significant part of the industry workforce. The campaign includes community building efforts such as workshops conducted in partnership with The Couch International Student Centre, which help workers learn to recognize and address unacceptable workplace behaviors through role-playing scenarios.

Written by AI on 2026-10-12, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

The Victorian Trades Hall Council launched the Safe Staff, Safe Venues campaign to empower at-risk groups like women, gender-diverse individuals, migrants, and international students in the hospitality industry. These groups often face challenges such as fair wage disputes and workplace harassment. The initiative aims to educate workers about their rights through community-building efforts and outreach programs. Matt Kunkel, CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre, highlighted that learning alongside peers fosters a supportive network where individuals no longer feel isolated. Additionally, the campaign successfully ended three-year-long battles against workplace NDAs that previously silenced employees, ensuring a safer work environment for all.

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Topics

Safe Staff, Safe Venues The Couch The Couch International Student Centre the Migrant Workers Centre the Victorian Trades Hall Council

Subjects

Elle Phan PERSON · 1× Matt Kunkel PERSON · 1× Safe Staff, Safe Venues ORG · 1× The Couch ORG · 1× The Couch International Student Centre ORG · 1× the Migrant Workers Centre ORG · 1× the Victorian Trades Hall Council ORG · 1×

Narrative

In particular, they’re focusing on at-risk groups such as women and gender diverse people, as well as migrants and international students, who make up a significant portion of the hospitality industry.

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🔮 You might know when a person’s behaviour at work isn’t right.

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Cultural Change Champion: Safe Staff, Safe Venues · assertive framing

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You might know when a person’s behaviour at work isn’t right. uncertain

behaviour → know → work

That takes reserves of courage fuelled by a sense of empowerment. asserted

That → take → empowerment

And that only comes when people feel part of a supportive community. asserted

people → come → community

That’s what inspired the Victorian Trades Hall Council to launch the Safe Staff, Safe Venues campaign. asserted

what → ’ → campaign

The initiative takes a three-pronged approach to help hospitality workers understand their rights: education, outreach and community building. asserted

workers → take → rights

The aim is to equip employees with the knowledge and language to speak up on issues such as fair wages, employee rights and sexual assault. asserted

aim → equip → wages

who → focus → industry

They’re also keeping venues accountable, recently winning a three-year battle to end workplace NDAs that silence employees. asserted

that → keep → employees

Matt Kunkel, CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre, says learning your rights alongside other workers creates a community of people that no longer feel alone. asserted

that → say → people

“That can’t be overstated. asserted

That → overstate → ?

They get together and share their stories and find common solutions,” he says. asserted

he → get → solutions

Safe Staff, Safe Venues also works with The Couch International Student Centre to run workshops for around 40 people at a time. asserted

Venues → work → time

By acting out workplace scenarios, participants learn what constitutes acceptable employer behaviour, and the format promotes solidarity with other participants. asserted

format → act → participants

As The Couch program coordinator Elle Phan says, “Knowledge is power”. asserted

Knowledge → say → ?