Madeline Hislop

A suite of training resources to help frontline workers respond to the abuse of older women and women with disability has been launched

After weeks of drawing as much media attention as he can, Barnaby Joyce has confirmed he is leaving the Nationals to sit as an independent. 

Italy’s parliament has added the crime of femicide to its criminal code, with the punishment of life in prison. 

Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president has announced.

South Africa will classify gender-based violence as a national disaster, a decision that followed an online campaign and national protests by thousands of women.

Kellie Sloane has been elected as leader of the NSW Liberal Party. For the first time, the party will have an all-female leadership team.

Amyl and the Sniffers, led by frontwoman Amy Taylor, accepted four of the major gongs at the ARIA Awards, including Album of the Year.

A South African man who attended a neo-Nazi protest in Sydney has been taken into immigration detention and will be deported.

Lachlan Young, 23, has been sentenced to 28 years in jail for the murder of his former partner, Hannah McGuire.

Seven-time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley has been recognised with the Dawn Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards.

Zhila Amir Zadeh has won an award for innovation at the Mission Innovation Net Zero Industries Award, held at the UN Climate Conference.