Gender-based Violence and Other Harmful Behaviour Online Reporting Form
The University acknowledges that submitting a report of gender-based violence, sexual harm or other harmful behaviour can be a confronting experience for most people. The Safer Communities Office staff are available 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, Sydney local time. You can speak with a team member or make an appointment on the phone +61 2 8627 6808 or email safer-communities.officer@sydney.edu.au.
The University has a mental wellbeing support line. If you’re in Australia, you can contact the support line by calling 1300 474 065 or by texting 0488 884 429 outside of office hours (5 pm to 9 am weekdays, 24/7 weekends and public holidays).
Please contact 1800 RESPECT for counselling support after hours. 1800RESPECT is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence.
You can use this form to report gender-based violence and other harmful behaviour, including sexual harm.
Gender-based violence is physical or non-physical violence, harassment, abuse or threats, based on gender (including sex, gender, gender identity and gender expression), that results in, or is likely to result in harm, coercion, control, fear or deprivation of liberty or autonomy.
The University of Sydney's Safer Communities Office and Student Wellbeing will use the information you provide on this form to understand your needs, to provide you with care and support if you would like this, and wherever possible, respond to the incident you are reporting. For more information about how your personal information will be managed by the Safer Communities team, please see our full privacy collection notice.
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You can make a complaint of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault or sexual harassment, if you would like the University to investigate or to take specific action in response to something that you have experienced. You must not make a complaint on behalf of someone else (unless you are a Safer Communities staff member, Student Affairs Officer). If you want to report something that someone else has experienced, you must make a disclosure.
You can make a disclosure (rather than a complaint) if you would like to make the University aware of an incident, but do not wish the University to investigate or to take any specific action in response to the incident. We understand that this can be a difficult time, so this is a way to report something that's happened and find out your options for support. If you make disclosure, you can still choose to make a complaint to the University about the same incident at a later time. If you want to report something that someone else has experienced, you must make a disclosure rather than a complaint. Where possible, you should seek permission from the affected person to make the disclosure.
A report is anonymous when it does not include the name or contact details of the person who submitted the report. Please note that if you choose to make an anonymous report, the University will be limited in the follow-up action that it can take. The University will also be unable to contact you about available support or to provide updates. If you submit your report anonymously, you will be making a disclosure. In the future, you may choose to provide more details and submit a complaint by selecting Make a report with contact details.
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The following questions will help us direct the most appropriate support to the person affected.
A reminder: forensic medical examinations for evidence collection can be undertaken up to five days after an incident of sexual assault.
Your local sexual assault service is available 24/7 and can be contacted here.
Where did this happen?
How can the University best support you at this time?
** Privacy collection notice
The University of Sydney's Safer Communities Office and Student Wellbeing will use the information you provide on this form to understand your needs, to provide you with care and support if you would like this, and wherever possible, respond to the incident you are reporting. Any personal information you give us will be highly protected and kept in accordance with our Privacy Policy 2017.
We will not disclose the personal information you provide to anybody else, unless you have given consent. We are required by law to share the information with someone else (such as the NSW Police), or there is a serious or ongoing risk of harm to the health or safety of any person.
If you choose to submit an anonymous report, we will respect your privacy and will have no means to reidentify you.
To help us to identify trends and develop targeted responses to gender-based violence, sexual harm and other harmful behaviours in the University community, strictly de-identified information about the incident you are reporting may be used in analysis and reporting.
You have reached the end of this form. Thank you for taking the time to complete it. You can click on the Submit button, and your form will be submitted to the Safer Communities Office who will contact you within 2 business days.
To amend or withdraw your form after it has been submitted, please contact the Safer Communities Office on +61 2 8627 6808 or at safer-communities.officer@sydney.edu.au
