The AFL and the NRL made front page news over the weekend in national broadsheets as well as state tabloids. But the headlines and associated stories were no cause for celebration. Two senior executiv…
Men who kill their partners are not ‘good blokes’ acting ‘out of character.’
There was another tragic murder suicide in Wangaratta on Anzac Day. According to police reports, Greg Floyd chased his partner Ora Holt and their four children from their home into a neighbour’s hous…
Government restores funding to community legal centres.
The Attorney-General George Brandis confirmed this morning the government will increase spending on legal assistance by $56 million over three years; $39 million will go to community legal centres and…
What a morning with Quentin Bryce taught me.
Earlier today, along with several hundred other women and a smattering of men, I attended a Business Chicks breakfast to hear the inimitable Quentin Bryce speak. And the former Governor-General and &#…
What I learned about how to help someone experiencing domestic violence.
Have you ever wondered how to help a friend in crisis? Someone going through a divorce or who’s lost someone they loved? Someone you suspect is living through domestic violence? As a volunteer at Mary…
Why Domestic Violence Leave is Not Just “Another Cost”
“We just believe it’s another cost on our economy that will have an impact on our international competitiveness,” Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said in a Sky News interview earlier this week. It wa…
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. White Ribbon is a cause that has been close to my …
How the financial cost of domestic violence hurts women
While Australia has a national conversation on domestic violence, some of the harms of this violence remain in the shadows. The ways violence degrades women’s financial status and access to economic r…
“I believe you”: The most powerful thing to tell a woman trying to escape violence
You may be aware that today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is the 16th year the day has been observed, around the world, on November 25, as designated by th…
A tale of three bold women blazing a trail: Dr Anne Aly, Emma Husar & Ellen DeGeneres
Three women made headlines yesterday; each of them trailblazers, each in the spotlight talking openly about the shackles that could have stifled them. None of these women attained power easily: statis…
