Morrison’s comments came hours after the Australian Australian newspaper and Channel 10 reported allegations and images of anonymous whistleblowers misbehaving with male government employees at Parliament House.
They showed men filming themselves performing sexual acts alone on the desk of a female member of parliament.
A government staff member has been removed from his post, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Morris called the report “disgusting” and said he would speak to all government employees on Tuesday to remind them of their responsibilities.
Thousands of people rallied around Australia last week to raise the issue and Morrison’s standing position in opinion polls was stalled.
Morris has tried to defend his government’s actions in working to improve gender equality, but on Tuesday he acknowledged there was widespread dissatisfaction.
“I admit that a lot of Austral Australians, especially women, believe I haven’t heard them, and it hurts me a lot,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra.
“We should do better … we should get this house in order.”
However, he offered some concrete proposals in Parliament to improve the workplace culture, insisting that the changes be announced next week.
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