News & Views New laws against choking to be brought to NSW parliament today The NSW government is set to table new legislation against choking in Parliament today.
Soapbox ‘For the boys’: Matt Rife’s sh*t joke says everything about our cultural acceptance of domestic violence Matt Rife walks on stage to a crowd of hundreds of people. To start his Netflix comedy show, he opens with a joke about domestic violence.
News & Views Five-year plan for ending violence against women released today Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is launching a five-year plan to end violence against women.
News & Views ‘A poisonous weed that plagues our society’: Pope Francis speaks on violence against women Pope Francis has called for stronger action on violence against women during a radio broadcast campaign in Italy.
News & Views Government to invest $15 million into First Nations-led research on family and domestic violence The Albanese government has announced it will invest $15 million into First Nations-led research on family, domestic and sexual violence.
News & Views Monsters & mental disintegration? No. It’s our culture that brings male violence to life When a man kills a woman, our culture asks us to paint a different picture, to make excuses, to justify what happened.
News & Views New insights on intimate partner violence as five women killed in 10 days Intimate partner violence is believed to have taken the lives of six women in just ten days.
News & Views Male violence kills five women in ten days as police discover a woman’s body in Perth Five women in Australia have been killed in the last ten days, as calls for stronger action against domestic violence grow louder.
News & Views A ‘good guy’ who snapped? We must do better and unite on ending gender-based violence in Australia Join the fight against gender-based violence in Australia as we break the silence and demand change. Together, we can make a difference.
News & Views Woman in regional Victoria becomes the 42nd woman killed by domestic violence in 2023 A man has been arrested in regional Victoria, suspected of killing a woman in her home on Sunday night.
News & Views ‘I hope I’ve honoured you well’: Shanelle Dawson reclaims her mother’s story in one of two new books on Lyn Dawson Two new books go behind the scenes on the Teacher’s Pet case. One is by Lyn Dawson’s daughter, Shanelle, and the other is by Hedley Thomas, creator of the internationally successful podcast.
News & Views Coercive control behaviours found in over half of NSW domestic violence incidents: Research A study has found that in 57 per cent of domestic violence events at least one coercive control behaviour was recorded by police.