Renee Ferguson allegedly made sexual harassment complaints at Cricket Tasmania a year before texting with Tim Paine

The woman at the centre of the Tim Paine sexting saga made four separate complaints about alleged sexual harassment at Cricket Tasmania, more than a year before she engaged in a series of texts with the former Test captain, documents filed in the Federal Court of Australia allege.

Renee Ferguson, who worked as a receptionist at Cricket Tasmania from 2015 to 2017 claims she made four complaints to five different senior staff members, against three separate men in that same time period, alleging sexual harassment in the workplacedating back to 2015.

A notice of filing and hearing, lodged in the Federal Court of Australia in November alleges Ms Ferguson made a complaint to Human Resources manager Merv Saltmarsh in 2016 about comments made to her by Cricket Tasmania's acting membership manager, Jon Adams, in 2015.

The document has been filed in a claim for damages by Ms Ferguson against Cricket Tasmania for sexual harassment.

Ms Ferguson alleges Mr Adams said: «Hey everyone, Renee will be naked in my apartment at 11 today. Get your binoculars out and I will open the curtains» while in the presence of staff and ground curators while at reception where Ms Ferguson was posted.

The document claims she made the complaint about the comment to Mr Saltmarsh in early 2016.

It's alleged that Mr Saltmarsh dismissed Ms Ferguson and stated, «at least he has good taste in women».

Mr Saltmarsh left Cricket Tasmania in December 2016 for a Human Resources role with the Tasmanian Hospitality Association. 

The document alleges Ms Ferguson complained again about Mr Adams in April 2016, this time to former Hobart Hurricanes general manager Michael Roberts who she says told her, «don't tell me those stories, they're gross» before suggesting she ignore