News & Views Victoria confirms little appetite for lurch to the right In Victoria’s election Labor, under Premier Daniel Andrews, demolished the Liberals securing at least 55 of the 88 available seats.
News & Views Tarang Chawla: How many more women & children need to die before our leaders step up? How many people have to die before our leaders do what so many advocates have said needs to be done to prevent family violence? Tarang Chawla asks.
Ed's Blog Women rarely lie, they can’t ‘just leave’ & leaving won’t always stop the violence: Myths about DV debunked An updated resource for judges in Australia dispels a number of myths about domestic violence that can impede justice and put women at risk.
News & Views A national horror show: Domestic violence death toll continues to rise When four of the five lead stories on a newspaper’s website relate to women being killed in their homes, domestic violence is a crisis.
News & Views ‘Keep calm & slap a bitch’: The actual line a Sydney pub used in an ad “Keep calm and slap a bitch as we approach the finals of this years NRL! Live & Loud every game!” were the actual words Coopers Hotel used on Facebook.
News & Views A gut-wrenching poem by Katrina Miles was published on Facebook in 2014 In 2014 Cynda Miles shared a poem authored by her daughter Katrina Miles. To describe the poem as heartbreaking or gut-wrenching doesn’t begin to cover it.
Ed's Blog “It is absolutely desperate”: Demand for shelters for women & children escaping violence “It is absolutely desperate”: Demand for shelters for women & children escaping domestic violence is huge says Annabelle Daniel, Women’s Community Shelters
News & Views Thousands of women at risk: The truth about family violence services Budget night: it’s the night you expect to hear funding commitments that reflect our government’s priorities.
Employers 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.
Money 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.