Victoria

Aleta Moriarty launched a political campaign today on one key idea: that we did not fight this hard for gender equality to lose it now.

We are seeing growing momentum in recognising and responding to all forms of domestic and family violence, including coercive control.

It’s seen as a “global template for how to get health promotion right,” with 38 years of health promotion work, including on smoking prevention, and the successful This Girl Can initiative. But now the standalone VicHealth is set to be abolished.

Victoria will introduce a new ‘women’s pain standard’ to set clear expectations for how women should be treated when seeking medical care.

A new bill in Victoria marks a bold and necessary shift in how sexual harassment is addressed, aiming to end NDAs that silence survivors.

An in-principle agreement on Australia’s first treaty has been reached, with legislation introduced into the Victorian parliament today. 

A major new report reveals police in Victoria are too often amplifying trauma for people who experience family violence.

Women and children escaping violence are often left with no crisis bed at all, after being “ping-ponged” between services.

The jury members in the triple-murder trial of Erin Patterson will return to court this morning to hear the judge deliver his charge.

Female football players in Victoria are planning to wear multiple red armbands to protest the state’s cuts to gender equity programs. 

Victoria has passed new hate speech laws , including a “Sam Kerr clause” to prevent punishing the people they’re intended to protect. 

Coverage of women’s sport increased in Victorian media from the previous year, but the widespread underrepresentation of women still exists.