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Curtin is committed to providing a safe and respectful working and learning environment for our community. Sexual assault and sexual harassment are unacceptable. If you need assistance, please remember you are not alone.
There is a range of services and support available for students and staff.
If you are aware of, or have experienced an incident of sexual assault or harassment, report it online, call our Safer Communities team on 08 9266 4444, or if it’s an emergency call 000 for immediate police or ambulance assistance.
What is sexual assault and sexual harassment?
Whenever you have sex, you need to make sure that your partner is just as enthusiastic about having sex. In other words, that they give their full consent. It’s important that you are 100% sure that the person you’re with is happy and willing because non-consensual sexual activity (even kissing and touching) is actually against the law.
Not only is sex without consent a crime, but being pressured or forced into a sexual situation you’re not ready for (also known as sexual assault) can do lasting emotional damage. It’s not enough to just assume someone wants sex as much as you, you really have to ask.
Any unwanted or unwelcome sexual behaviour, which makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated
Interaction, flirtation or friendship which is not mutual or consensual.
Sexual assault is when a person is forced, coerced or tricked into sexual acts against their will or without their consent, including when they have withdrawn their consent.
Sexual assault:
Is behaviour that the survivor has not invited or chosen
Can be one-off events, or part of a pattern of violence
May have a range of effects, including physical, emotional and psychological.
Sexual assault and other sexual offences are criminal offences.
You can access a range of sexual health services at Curtin to support you with any sexual health concern. Some key services are but are not limited to:
STI testing.
PrEP and PEP assessments and prescribed medication.
Physical/emotional support for sexual assault including referrals to SARC and information about where to get a sexual assault forensic kit.
Contraception.
Informed consent for hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Visit the health services webpage to learn more about their services and how to make an appointment with a GP.
Support services
Curtin offers a variety of free and confidential support services to support you if you have experienced, or been affected by, sexual assault or harassment.
The Respectful Relationships online training program aims to equip you with important life skills to support you and those around you. The program is mandatory for all students commencing from Semester Two, 2019 at our Australian campuses.
Our priority is to protect and support all members of the Curtin community. We aim to foster a culture of respect, care and safety which will help to reduce incidents of sexual assault or harassment.
Report a sexual assault or sexual harassment incident
If you are aware of, or have experienced an incident of sexual assault or harassment, see something that shouldn’t be happening, or feel unsafe, please report it. The Safer Community Team can be reached directly on 08 9266 4444, or through our online form. You can make an anonymous report if you choose. All reports are treated seriously and confidentially.
In a life-threatening situation, contact the Police on 000 or dial 0 000 from an internal phone.
If you, or someone you know is sexually assaulted or sexually harassed, or you see something that shouldn’t be happening, contact the Curtin Safer Community Team. The Safer Community Team offer 24 hour service, every day of the year, to the Perth, Technology Park, Perth CBD and Kalgoorlie campuses. The Safer Community Team will help you get the right support, even if the incident occurred in the past and/or did not occur on a Curtin campus.
Contact the Safer Community Team
You can contact the Safer Community team by phone or online and we will be in touch.
If you are on the Perth Campus, use the SafeZone Security App to trigger an immediate response from the Safer Community Team without alerting an assailant.
If you are on the University supported activities either interstate or overseas, ring International SOS on +61 2 9372 2468 and quote Membership No. 12AYCA656047.
Any one of us might have a negative experience online, ranging from relatively low impact issues like mild criticism or feedback, to more damaging experiences such as cyberbulling, adult cyber abuse, image-based abuse or being scammed.
Cyber abuse [.pdf 350kB] is behaviour that uses technology to threaten, intimidate, harass or humiliate someone – with the intent to hurt them socially, psychologically or even physically.
If you have a negative experience while online, support is available.
In a life-threatening situation, contact the Police on 000 or dial 0 000 from an internal phone.
If the cyber abuse has occurred on a Curtin controlled online platform, you can report an incident to the Safer Community Team on (08) 9266 4444 or through our online form.
Respect. Now. Always.
Respect. Now. Always. is a national campaign to prevent sexual assault and harassment across the university sector. The campaign highlights the determination of Australia’s universities to ensure that our students and staff are safe from sexual assault and sexual harassment.
