An Australian woman who was the target of lewd graffiti posted inside the men's room at her workplace has been awarded $20,000 damages for the affront.

While an employee of RailCorp, Kimberley Hunt learned that someone had written lewd comments about her in the company's men's room and now those inappropriate comments have earned her a $20,000 judgment from the Administrative Decisions Tribunal, the Sydney Morning Herald reported in Tuesday's edition.

Tribunal members ruled that not only was the graffiti an instance of sexual harassment in the workplace, but so was a pornographic magazine anonymously slipped into Hunt's office.

The graffiti first originated in 2004, prompting Hunt to make a series of complaints while with the company.

The tribunal's ruling came months after four RailCorp managers lost their jobs amid complaints of similar on-the-job behavior by a secretary.

Among the secretary's 116 complaints were allegations of pornography use in the workplace and sexual harassment, the newspaper said.

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