It is prolific and inexplicable. It isn’t new but the past few weeks make it clear, once again, that domestic violence poses a very real threat to women and children in Australia. In the most extreme …
A gut-wrenching poem by Katrina Miles was published on Facebook in 2014
It is hard to imagine much that is as devastating or as shocking as a mass shooting in which seven members of a family are slain. It is desperately sad and horrifically distressing: an end no human de…
‘Good blokes’ don’t murder their families. Full stop.
No one called Martin Bryant a good bloke. I can’t confirm it but I suspect it didn’t even cross anyone’s mind back in 1996 when he committed the deadliest mass shooting in Australia’s history. T…
Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis
Family, domestic and sexual violence is a crisis in Australia that is not abating. A landmark study conducted by the government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) confirms DV re…
The case for paid domestic violence leave: ‘It’s overdue and life-saving’
We cannot rest until all workers across Australia have access to paid family and domestic violence leave, no matter where they work. The only thing now standing in the way of this is the Turnbull Gove…
The bravest speech I have ever seen delivered
I have been to a lot of conferences but I have never seen one start like this. A senior woman stood up, in front of a few hundred of her work colleagues, and said she wanted to dispel a myth about dom…
It’s In The Bag: A christmas campaign to support women
I have a confession. I love Christmas, I really really do, but I do feel torn in the lead up to December 25th about balancing the good will of the season with the inevitable proliferation of presents.…
“It is absolutely desperate”: Demand for shelters for women & children escaping violence
At the beginning of October, three women in NSW were killed by a partner or a former partner in a single week. It was a heart-rending, stomach-churning, blood-boiling reminder of the pitiless scourge …
The truth about domestic violence: Was there more appetite for change 18 years ago?
In this week’s episode of the Work It Out podcast, Angela Priestley and I were joined in the studio by author, consultant and coach Avril Henry. Our conversation began on a sobering note: how di…
Why did COAG drop domestic violence from the agenda?
In the past week alone four people in Australia have died as a result of domestic violence. Thirty-eight women have died this year. One in four Australian women experiences some form of abuse by a cur…
