For Kylie Boreham, changing the way she spoke and thought of herself transformed her life, especially after experiencing and surviving domestic violence. It was a powerful realisation that led to an e…
Anti-domestic violence charity White Ribbon forced into liquidation
Anti-gendered violence charity, White Ribbon has gone into voluntary liquidation this afternoon, following a year peppered with challenges. The decision was made by stakeholders at a general meeting t…
Five women were murdered in Australia in seven days
Five women in Australia have been violently killed in seven days. The register maintained by the Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy The Joint, which records every death due to violen…
Law Council: Family law inquiry will fail if ‘misguided by myths’
The Law Council of Australia has condemned comments by Senator Malcolm Roberts of One Nation that the family courts are contributing to family violence and called for family violence awareness trainin…
Pauline Hanson is sick of mums fabricating domestic violence allegations
Senator Pauline Hanson, freshly appointed co-chair of the Family Law Inquiry announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday, has told RN Breakfast that women are fabricating stories of domestic violence i…
We don’t need another family law inquiry. We need action.
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a Parliamentary Inquiry into the family law system. “We want to ensure families can resolve issues as quickly and fairly as possible, so everyone can mo…
What happened after I saw a woman assaulted by her partner in broad daylight
I know the devastating statistics surrounding domestic and family violence, but I have to admit to still having some preconceived ideas about how this violence plays out. Namely, that it most often ta…
A man who ran over & killed his fiance, Alicia Little, jailed for four years
In December 2017, Charles McKenzie Ross Evans struck down his fiancée, Alicia Little, at a rural property near Kyneton in central Victoria. After crushing Little between a water tank under the tyres o…
Bernice Hookey on speaking up and delivering change
Bernice Hookey is making change happen. Right now, she’s working with a neuroscience brain specialist to develop empowerment programs for girls and women that have endured or are currently exper…
The frustrating debate about ending violence against women
There is an important discussion happening about violence against women at the moment: even if gender equality is necessary to end this violence, are governments being too complacent in accepting that…
