Soapbox Finally, a long-awaited plan for tackling economic abuse Labor’s new plan to tackle economic abuse starts with fixing laws that let systems be misused to trap and hurt women.
Business ‘Doing nothing is no longer an option’: Australians want companies to better protect them from financial abuse Australians believe companies have a responsibility to protect consumers from financial abuse, a hidden form of domestic and family violence.
News & Views $5.7 billion: The crippling toll of financial abuse, one of the most insidious forms of domestic violence Financial abuse is a widespread issue with a direct cost to victims estimated at $5.7 billion, according to a report, tabled in Parliament.
News & Views Almost all domestic violence involves economic abuse. Here’s how we should better protect women More than 90 per cent of domestic violence victim-survivors continue to experience abuse after leaving a violent relationship.
News & Views How the child support system risks women’s physical and mental health A new report has revealed the current child support system risks the physical and mental health of single mothers.
News & Views How child support contributes to financial abuse of single mothers Using the child support system can expose single mothers to post-separation violence. Dr Marg Rogers explain how.
Soapbox Financial abuse is a touchpoint in the fight against domestic violence Financial abuse is often a precursor to more severe forms of violence, writes Zaneta Mascarenhas. The stories are heartbreaking.
Local ‘Sexually transmitted debts’: Australia’s tax system is being weaponised by domestic violence abusers After victim survivors escape the abusive relationship, they are finding tax debts for companies they didn’t know they were signatories to.
News & Views It was the responsibility of victim-survivors of financial abuse to pick up the pieces. Now, there is a call for businesses to take action. Big businesses in Australia are joining forces to combat the “hidden epidemic” of financial abuse in Australia in a world-first initiative.
Money New data exposes how 1.5m Australian women have been subjected to financial abuse by a former partner The forms of financial abuse that 1.5 million Australian women have been subjected to by their former partners has been exposed.
News & Views Redesign banking products to protect women from financial abuse: Report Victim-survivors have called on the 97 banks of Australia to step up and tweak their products, to help prevent financial abuse.
News & Views Women who suffer domestic violence fare much worse financially after separating from their partner: new data After separation, mothers who experienced domestic violence on average suffered a drop in income of 34%, compared with a 20% decrease for mothers who didn’t experience domestic violence.
