News & Views “It’s devastating”: 1800 RESPECT hotline to lose 70 highly-skilled, trauma counsellors It’s devastating: The 1800 RESPECT hotline thrown into chaos as Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia withdraws from service.
News & Views Is men behaving badly the perpetual news story sport cannot avoid? Men behaving badly. Two execs resigned from the AFL because of their affairs and the NRL introduces new protocol for players guilty of crimes against women.
News & Views Men who kill their partners are not ‘good blokes’ acting ‘out of character.’ Men who kill their partners are not good blokes acting out of character. Greg Floyd killed his partner Ora Holt after chasing their 4 kids from their home.
News & Views Government restores funding to community legal centres. George Brandis announces funding restored to community legal centres by $56 million over three years. It is a reversal of the cuts the coalition introduced.
Ed's Blog What a morning with Quentin Bryce taught me. Life advice from Quentin Bryce. What I learned after a morning with the author of Dear Quentin on childcare, motherhood, resilience and sexism.
News & Views What I learned about how to help someone experiencing domestic violence. How to help someone experiencing domestic violence. Emma Rossi attended a Lifeline training session and learned what to say and do to help DV victims.
Advice Did anyone try to help Nigella Lawson? Shocking photos of former advertising executive and art dealer Charles Saatchi with his hands around his celebrity cook wife’s neck have been published all over the world in recent days.
Ed's Blog The terrifying reality of emotional abuse There is never, ever, a good time for a person to kill their partner.
Ed's Blog I don’t know how she did this: Allison Pearson on Nigella Lawson, drug use and domestic violence Earlier this year I was one of the many, possibly millions, who couldn’t believe my eyes.
Appointments 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.
Ed's Blog “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.
Health 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.