Report sexual misconduct

Unwanted or inappropriate behaviour is not tolerated within the Charles Sturt community, and there are reporting options available to you.  If you’re a student who has experienced behaviour that feels wrong, you are entitled to free support and to report this to the university and/or police.

Reporting options for students

• Make a disclosure to the university via our Project Zero form.
• This disclosure form is simply telling us about what happened and is not a formal report.
• We will NOT start an investigation unless YOU  want us to.
• This form is sent to the Prevention & Support Team, trained mental health clinicians who can provide you with support, work with you to make a safety plan, and help you with reporting within the University and/or police.  You can fill this form in for yourself and can be completed anonymously*
• If you are a student who has witnessed an incident or you have received a disclosure, please fill in the Project Zero form. You will have to provide your details, but the individual's details can be left anonymous* if they do not wish to be identified.

*anonymous reports are truly anonymous. They will not be contacted for follow up.

• If you prefer, you can email Prevention & Support directly: safecommunities@csu.edu.au
• If you have directly experienced the behaviour, you can make a formal report directly to Misconduct. Misconduct is responsible for conducting investigations into unwanted and inappropriate behaviour that has occurred between Charles Sturt University students.

Reporting options for staff

• As part of your duty of care as a Charles Sturt staff member, all student disclosures should be disclosed to the University via the Project Zero form. If the student does not wish to be identified, please complete the form for “anonymous”
• If you would like support following receiving a student disclosure of unwanted or inappropriate behaviour, please contact Prevention & Support via Teams or email.

See more on supporting students who disclose sexual assault, violence, harassment, hazing and sexual misconduct.

• If you yourself have experienced unwanted or inappropriate behaviour within the CSU community, please see Sexual violence and harassment (for staff) - Division of Safety, Security and Wellbeing for support and reporting options.

External reporting options

• For all student and staff incidents, you have the option to report to the police. You can contact 131 444 or attend your local police station.
• Find out the ways you can report to the police, including online and anonymous options (NSW).