News & Views Queensland women self-harming due to barriers accessing safe abortion Queensland women are forced to procure abortion-inducing pills because of poor healthcare providers, leading many to self-harm.
News & Views ‘I will recover loudly, so others don’t die quietly’: QLD MP Melissa McMahon shares story of child sexual abuse Melissa McMahon has shared an account of the sexual abuse she endured as child, as she advised the parliament she would be taking leave.
News & Views Criminalising coercive control in Queensland was the shift we needed to save lives This week, Queensland took a huge step towards improving the system for women by announcing it will criminalise coercive control.
News & Views Judge Helen Bowskill appointed Queensland’s new Chief Justice Justice Helen Bowskill has been appointed Queensland’s Chief Justice, succeeding the retiring Chief Justice Catherine Holmes AC.
News & Views Queensland now has a female Premier, Chief Justice and Governor, as Dr Jeannette Young sworn in Dr Jeannette Young was sworn in as Queensland’s 27th Governor on Monday, after 16 years as the state’s Chief Health Officer.
Women's Health News ‘All options exhausted’: Regional QLD will lose key abortion care with Maries Stopes closures Marie Stopes has announced it’s no longer financially viable to continue to offer abortion services in regional Queensland clinics.
News & Views Remember Quexit? 5 reasons you should not take your eyes off the Queensland election The October 31 Queensland state election will have a bearing on the whole country. All Australians should pay attention to its result.
News & Views Queensland becomes first state to ban conversion therapy practices Queensland has banned conversion therapy practices by healthcare practitioners that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
News & Views Unwanted sexual attention plagues young women going out at night A disturbingly high proportion of young people, particularly women, experience unwanted sexual attention in entertainment districts across Queensland.
News & Views ‘This is a health issue’: Queensland has finally decriminalised abortion Nineteenth century laws preventing women from legally accessing abortions in Queensland have finally been sent to the history books, with the state parliament voting to decriminalise pregnancy terminations.