Brittany Higgins is not confident enough has changed to make federal parliament safer for women following her alleged rape in a minister's office.
The former Liberal staffer thinks "the prime minister's word is a little wobbly" when it comes to fixing the culture of Parliament House.
Ms Higgins' allegation she was raped in 2019 triggered a national reckoning over the treatment of women and multiple reviews, including one by Sex Discrimination Commission Kate Jenkins released this week.
That review found bullying and sexual harassment rife in federal parliament. One in three people surveyed said they had been sexually harassed. About a quarter said their harasser was a politician.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not committed to implementing all 28 recommendations of the Jenkins review.
"We don't know, when he gives an indication that he's supportive of policy, that he's actually going to commit to it," Ms Higgins said on Thursday.
"Unless we get it in plain English terms, I just don't have that innate trust that it's going to happen."
Ms Higgins thinks her situation would be handled more sensitively now, but isn't confident the structural change needed is there yet.
"My assault itself was wasn't about me, it was about power. The way I was subsequently handled wasn't about me, it was about maintaining power," she said.
"I don't think, fundamentally, anything has changed internally within the building, policy-wise, that would ... stop this from happening to another woman."
Australian of the Year Grace Tame doesn't think Mr Morrison wants to get it.
"He just ambushed (Liberal MP for Bass) Bridget Archer the other day," the childhood sexual abuse survivor said.
"You have to know what you're doing in that situation. That's a pretty, you know, calculated, manipulative move to do that."
Ms Archer copped a talking to in the prime minister's office for crossing the floor of parliament to support debate on Independent MP Helen Haines' proposal for a national integrity commission.
A former staffer to Education Minister Alan Tudge says the Liberal Party doesn't have a women problem, but a men problem.
Rachelle Miller accused the minister of being emotionally and, on occasion, physically abusive to her while the pair were having an affair.
During a work trip to Western Australia, she accused Mr Tudge of kicking her until she left his bed because he was angry her phone woke him up at 4am.
"All of us who have survived awful experiences in this workplace tried to reach out and seek change many, many times before we went to the media. This is our last resort," she told reporters at Parliament House.
"Nothing will work until the people with power, the male parliamentarians who perpetrate this awful, unacceptable behaviour are held accountable."
Mr Tudge "completely and utterly" rejected Ms Miller's version of events.
Ms Jenkins' report raised concerns over parliament's drinking culture and recommended access to booze be curtailed.
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