News & Views Is the Coalition’s $90 Million Domestic Violence package enough? The Coalition’s $90 million package tackles violence with justice reforms, but experts say much more funding is needed.
Soapbox Finally, a long-awaited plan for tackling economic abuse Labor’s new plan to tackle economic abuse starts with fixing laws that let systems be misused to trap and hurt women.
News & Views Dangerous silence on gender-based violence this election as our political leaders fail to meet the moment Four women died last week, and still, gender-based violence isn’t treated as a national political priority for this federal election.
News & Views If we’re not planning for safety this election, we’re not planning for anything Neither major party has made a clear, additional commitments to ending gender-based violence this election campaign.
News & Views Controlling behaviours and redemption arcs: How MAFS sends the wrong message on domestic violence Married at First Sight contributes to a narrative that domestic violence and controlling behaviours are understandable and justifiable.
Politics It’s time for National Cabinet to properly fund and collaborate with exhausted frontline services Ensuring our frontline can respond with appropriate interventions to violence is essential. We can’t let it slip because “we can’t afford it”.
News & Views What kind of society do we want to live in? We must unite to end to gender-based violence The events over the past week have highlighted the crisis that we face with men’s and gender-based violence in this country.
News & Views Too many people who apply for the government’s Escaping Violence Payment are rejected Between July and September 2023, over 50,000 Australians applied for the Escaping Violence Payment. More than 50 per cent of applicants were rejected.
News & Views Criminalising doxing may not be the silver bullet but it’s a solid start in protecting people’s safety A critical examination of doxing’s devastating effects on individuals and society, driving the call for legal reform, cultural change, and a unified approach to online safety and privacy protection.
News & Views Misogynistic views are rampant on social media. We should all think twice before engaging with them We should all question what we engage with online and think about what these “humorous or edgy” takes really support and normalize.
News & Views Gender biased media coverage follows Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins’ alleged murder Katherine Berney, the Director of the National Women’s Safety Alliance, analyses the media coverage of Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins’ death.
News & Views Domestic violence rates are unacceptably high. How can we demand change? People keep asking why aren’t we seeing a change in the unacceptably high rates of family, domestic and sexual violence.
