News & Views Housing legislation passes in Senate as Greens back Labor’s Help to Buy scheme Labor’s housing legislation has passed in the Senate after the Greens announced it would back the Bill it has opposed for months.
Local Ariel Bombara on the ‘utterly unfair, twisted weight’ that falls on women to manage men’s violence Ariel Bombara has given a powerful address at a rally against domestic violence, calling for victim-survivors to be better supported.
News & Views Almost all domestic violence involves economic abuse. Here’s how we should better protect women More than 90 per cent of domestic violence victim-survivors continue to experience abuse after leaving a violent relationship.
World Home is the most dangerous place for women, UN report finds An average of 140 women and girls worldwide was murdered everyday in 2023 by their partner or close relative, a UN report finds
News & Views ‘Lifelong trauma’: Jo Tarnawsky is suing Richard Marles for mishandling workplace bullying complaint Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ most senior staffer has launched legal action against him and the Prime Minister’s chief-of-staff Tim Gartrell for allegedly ousting her out of the job after she complained of workplace bullying.
News & Views ‘None of these are radical’: Elisabeth Armitage delivers 35 recommendations following coronial inquest into DFSV deaths in the NT After more than a year of investigating the domestic violence killings of four Aboriginal women, the Northern Territory’s coroner Elisabeth Armitage has handed down her final report.
News & Views Protests calling for end of sexual violence erupt globally Protests have erupted across the world to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, observed today.
News & Views We cannot become desensitised to domestic violence statistics. Urgent action is needed. We should be completely outraged by these numbers and have zero tolerance towards domestic and family violence.
News & Views Bianca Jones, 19, dies after methanol poisoning in Laos, as best friend Holly Bowles fights for life Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died in a Thai hospital after consuming a cocktail believed to be poisoned with methanol at a hostel in Laos last week.
Video Pauline Hanson ‘shut herself away’ after racial vilification court decision Pauline Hanson claims she “shut herself away” after the judgement was handed down finding her guilty of racially vilifying Mehreen Faruqi.
News & Views ‘Stop overlooking, start listening’: ANROWS calls for better protection of children from violence ANROWS has released a landmark report calling for better protection of children and young people from family, domestic and sexual violence.
News & Views Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same If left unchallenged, political deep fake videos could have profound impacts on Australian elections, as they did in the US.
