News & Views What the ABC’s sacking of Sarah Macdonald says about its attitude to women By sacking Sarah Macdonald, the ABC has sent the message to women that we are not the workers they want, or the audience they care about.
News & Views ‘The terror still haunts me’: A perspective from a child of domestic violence Whilst now in my 40’s, and having fled our father when I was 8 years old, I do wonder whether he knows the damage done, and the terror which still haunts me.
Health rights and gender-based violence My husband sexually abused me for 13 years…and I had no idea I had no idea how insidious domestic abuse can be. And then I met my husband.
News & Views A woman ‘too nice’ made redundant, another with kids ‘too young’ overlooked: This is still International Women’s Day reality in 2022 The only way we can #breakthebias is to have these leaders held to account for their actions. Discrimination against women not only violates company policies, it is a crime.
News & Views ‘We don’t talk about it’: Incest is the most insidious form of domestic violence The absolute terror of what occurred in my life reverberated shockwaves so deep through my psyche and the core of my being.
News & Views I might not have survived this pandemic in my childhood home. How many won’t? Remember during this pandemic that for many, including children, the home is more dangerous and more terrifying than the most contagious and deadly virus.
Health A letter to the prime minister from a survivor of abuse Dear Prime Minister, While getting ready for work recently, I listened with interest to your address to the White Ribbon Day Breakfast on television.