domestic violence Archives

Issue #2101

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Australia is facing a major crisis in domestic and family violence, and it is women and children who are paying a high price. Leaving an...

Issue #2117

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CFMEU construction divisions have been placed into administration across Australia. This has been reported as being partly on the basis of John Setka’s behaviour towards...

Issue #2103

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Skye Dannaher In the shadow of Australia’s colonial history, the voices of First Nations women resonate with a profound urgency, particularly in the realm of...

Issue #2102

Socialism versus capitalism – connection versus alienation

What makes a ten-year old child commit suicide? What makes a 17-year-old girl stab her younger sister? What drives someone to become a mass killer?...

Issue #2099

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Anthony Albanese recently announced a five thousand dollar “leaving violence payment,” showing that Labor is completely unwilling to provide the services that domestic violence survivors...

Issue #2066

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A report on sexual violence court cases in NSW has found that reforms to the justice system over the past 40 years have made improvements...

Issue #2135

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The climate crisis is not gender neutral. Women and girls experience the greatest impacts, which amplify existing gender inequalities and pose unique threats to their...

Issue #2099

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Domestic violence – addressing causes as well as symptoms As the government pauses to consider shelling up over $1 billion to address domestic violence, Australians...

Issue #1974

Victorian reforms feed national conversation about sexual violence

In February 2020, changes to the Judicial Proceedings Reports Act made it an offence in Victoria to publicly identify the victim of a sexual offence.

Issue #2070

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Will Labor’s bill help working women? E Lennon Workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, has tabled a bill aimed at tackling several issues faced by workers...

Issue #1979

Women’s Safety Summit – a responsibility for all

The National Summit on Women’s Safety was held over two days earlier this month

Issue #2035

Hear her voice

This article contains references to examples of experiences of First Nations peoples, and language that is disrespectful and offensive to their culture, history, people and...

Issue #2014

The tragedy of inaccessible housing and domestic violence

On 1st February at 11:35 PM, I was given the news that my friend, Aminah Hayat, had been allegedly killed by her husband. I had...

Issue #1952

Domestic violence and its systemic perpetration

At least one child is killed by a parent every month; one woman is murdered every week by a partner or former partner; another hospitalised every three hours.

Issue #2018

Paid family and domestic violence leave a huge win for workers

At the end of last month, working-class people across the country achieved a momentous victory when a bill tabled by Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke...

Issue #2171

GLOBAL BRIEFS

VENEZUELA: Russia’s government has expressed its strategic solidarity with Venezuela and condemned the military pressure of the United States in the Caribbean. “We are in...

Issue #2078

DINGO

“Violence against women is a national crisis,” says Kate Fitz-Gibbon from Monash University’s Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. “These deaths represent the tip of...

Issue #2015

Policy-induced violence

At least one child is killed by a parent every month; one woman is murdered every week by a partner or former partner; another hospitalised...

Issue #2019

Promising: Workplace reforms on the horizon

In an honest assessment, the Albanese government has come out the gate with a series of important industrial reforms: an increased minimum wage, paid family,...

Issue #2081

GLOBAL BRIEFS

NETHERLANDS: Populist right-wing politician Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) claimed victory in the Dutch general elections. The result was described as ‘shocking’ and...

Silhouettes representing the 16 victims of domestic violence who lost their lives in the past year.

Issue #2206

Family violence and union assistance

Senator Pauline Hanson, leader of One Nation, recently described family violence as a “two-way street.” Commissioners Anna Cody and Deb Tsorbaris rejected her comments saying...

Issue #2135

Quote of the Week

Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get...

Issue #2127

‘16 Days in WA 2024 Stopping Family and Domestic Violence’ launch in Perth WA

Dr Alison Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing launched the 34th annual rally to honour those killed due to Family...

Issue #2200

Hanson ‘shockingly out of touch’

Australian Unions say that One Nation Leader, Pauline Hanson’s attack on paid family and domestic violence leave shows her lack of respect for the risks...

Issue #2100

More for war in a class budget

“In a cost-of-living crisis, the Labor government is choosing to remove $14.4 billion in funding from the NDIS that will lead to disabled people not...

Issue #2140

EDITORIAL

Time is a funny thing. Conservative Australians love to live in the past when it comes to ANZAC day and the Kokoda Trail. Those events...