Griffith Audio Journalism

Stories from Australia’s Gold Coast

Michelle Vegter

The Gold Coast attracts 4.4 million tourists to its shores every year, drawn by a brilliant coastline and casually cool party scene. Outward appearances can, however, be deceiving, with all the glitz and glamour hiding a dark underbelly of sexual harassment; where some Gold Coast women literally cannot walk down the street without being subjected to crude comments and being felt up by passing men.

Michelle Vegter will talk to Director of the Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence, Dianne McLeod, to find out just how bad sexual harassment is on the Gold Coast, and why it is so concerning.