''Prejudice'', working title ''Harassed'', is a 1989 television film about two women who go to the Anti-Discrimination Board. It was one of a series of TV movies about

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.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p124 This docu-drama looks at sexual harassment and racial discrimination. The lead actresses improvised based on scene outlines based on real accounts and acted along with real staff from the Anti-Discrimination Board.

Plot

Jessica, the first female photographer on a metropolitan newspaper, is subjected to sexual harassment. Leticia, a Filipino nurse, is overlooked for a promotion and has her qualifications disregarded by her employers.

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