The Marriott complaint contributed to the resignation of Mr Joyce, after Ms Marriott's name was leaked to the media in connection to the alleged 2016 incident.

Mr Joyce has continuously denied her allegations, and a National Party investigation failed to reach a verdict on the case.

The details of her complaint have never been released, and Ms Marriott said this was a personal decision and she held no ill-feelings towards the federal National Party.

"You can only hold onto anger and frustration for so long; ultimately the longer that I hold onto those negative emotions the more it only hurts myself," she said.

"I have moved on from the results of that complaint.

"[Making a complaint] is a very personal thing. I think they need to make that decision without fear of judgement. I have been very, very blessed to have a very strong network of people around me - both personal and professional support.

"I could not have done this without that.

"I think when you go through an incident, you run through 'yes I'm brave; no I'm scared, I'm going to do it; I'm not going to do it'. You go through this roller coaster.

"My advice is stick with that because when the time is right you will know. You will have the confidence, you'll have the support network around you and you'll be able to do it at a time that's right for you - when you're ready, and when you feel comfortable and when you feel confident.

"The stories that I've heard since unfortunately being put in this situation ... have actually blown me away. I probably have been quite lucky in that I didn't really know that this was an issue until I was thrown into the middle of it.

"It's made me aware that it's a serious issue and I think it's holding back Australian workplaces. To have people live with this secret is an awful thing.

"I think it's a really sad indictment on the Australian public that our stats are so bad."

Speaking in front of the Rural, Regional, Remote Women's Network of WA, Ms Marriott addressed delegates from Rio Tinto, the WA Football Commission, ANZ and a number of WA ministers - including close friend and Nationals WA leader Mia Davies, and Minister for Women Simone McGurk.

Ms Marriott was joined by media personality, author and #metoo advocate Tracey Spicer AM, and author Dr Skye Saunders.

Spicer said Ms Marriott speaking out about her experience would hopefully empower more people in regional areas to speak out about harassment in the workplace.

"I applaud Catherine Marriott for her courage in speaking out, because it is so hard for women in rural and regional Australia to speak out about this because of the enormous power imbalances," she said.

"I also deeply respect her decision not to go into specific details about what occurred. Because what we have to remember that when people experience sexual harassment or indecent assault, it's incredibly traumatising to tell their story over and over again.

"We've come to a time in the movement where we can't just rely on women to continue to tell of their experiences ad infinitum. We need to shift the focus to the alleged perpetrators and the structures that protect them."

She was raped in the course of that duty by one of her male colleagues.

Dr Skye Saunders, regarding a woman she interviewed in the course of her research

Dr Skye Saunders, author of Whispers from the bush: the workplace sexual harassment of Australian rural women, said during the course of her research she collected anecdotal information about women living in remote and rural areas who experienced sexual harassment.

"Whispers from the Bush opens with the account of a female miner, who encountered a whole myriad - in fact, the spectrum of sexual harassment can be plotted in the context of her experience," she said.

"She began with a situation where she had to ask for access to a bathroom to be able to faciliate her monthly cycle. Instead she was granted access to a Toyota vehicle once a month so she could drive to a bathroom.

"Then in the course of driving to the bathroom she realised that she'd left her boots behind and that men were urinating on her boots in her absence.

"So she was then required to actually go down into the mines with stinky, urine-soaked boots and had to endure the sexualised banter that went with the blokes knowing that she had a period, and knowing that she stank.

"Ultimately this woman - who is no longer able to work because such is the nature of her post traumatic stress - was walking back from the mining mess hall to her room, she was raped.

"She was raped in the course of that duty by one of her male colleagues who then said to her very clearly that 'you are not to tell anyone because I don't want my wife and children to know about this'. That woman was a sole female, fly in, fly out miner.

"She was 19 years old at this time.

"We know that 73 per cent of Australian rural women statistically are sexually harassed in the course of their daily working lives.

"We know that for women in agriculture, that statistic all the more problematic at 93 per cent ... and only one third feel able to make a complaint about that behaviour."