February
Domestic violence rife among students
A new report shows domestic violence is widespread among women in their late teens and early twenties.
Banks, insurers crack down on abusers using their products as weapons
Financial abuse is estimated to cost victims $5.7 billion every year – more than twice the amount of losses from scams.
December 2024
Fix pay disparity to help end financial abuse
Readers’ letters on the government’s role in curbing financial abuse, super fund governance, radio’s future, the CSIRO’s nuclear report, safeguarding food supplies, and Peter Dutton’s flag comments.
Banks, insurers must do better on silent epidemic of financial abuse
There are the men who perpetrate financial abuse, but there are also the platforms which have for too long been unprepared to confront the damage they facilitate.
Banks, insurers told to work harder to prevent financial abuse
A committee chaired by Labor senator Deborah O’Neill has tabled 61 recommendations to reduce the insidious practice.
November 2024
16 days of domestic violence activism for a 365-day scourge
It is important to recognise that the problem demands year-round dedication, comprehensive strategies, and multi-faceted interventions.
September 2024
‘Vile violence’ against women faces $4.7b crackdown
States and territories will review information-sharing systems and alcohol laws under an agreement for urgent action.
Domestic violence services to get millions of dollars in funding boost
On Friday, the national cabinet will consider urgent responses to violence against women and children, following a review delivered in August.
August 2024
Domestic violence calls for help going unanswered: report
Crisis support services are so stretched that some victims never receive a response, an expert review has told the government.
Domestic violence protections being ‘weaponised’
Child protection and legal systems designed to respond to domestic violence are being weaponised by perpetrators, the government’s independent commissioner has warned.
June 2024
Domestic violence leave has been law for a year. Almost no one uses it
Employers are being urged to do more for victim survivors of domestic violence after a survey revealed new leave entitlements were hardly being used.
May 2024
Super on parental leave adds $4250 to retirement balance
The government will also spend $55.6 million over four years to establish the Building Women’s Careers program.
Domestic violence is also a workplace issue
Governments should take the lead on the problem, but other groups can do more, including employers. Companies can achieve much more than many imagine.
Why Australia’s domestic violence problem is complicated
The hope is that targeted action, and policies to boost women’s economic security more broadly, can continue to deliver results.
There is so much to be done on violence against women
Maintaining the momentum of this week’s announcements after decades of neglect is the biggest issue facing the anti-violence movement.
Domestic violence rates fall over decades but one stat hasn’t changed
The rate of women killed by their partners has fallen by two-thirds over the past 34 years, but women remain twice as likely as men to be victims of intimate partner homicide.
Judge in Lehrmann case slams Ten lawyer’s ‘misleading’ interviews
Justice Michael Lee criticises Ten’s lawyer as he determines how much Bruce Lehrmann should pay in costs; Albanese pledges almost $1 billion for domestic violence victims. Here’s how the day unfolded.
Women to get $5000 in new emergency support payments
A snap meeting of national cabinet called after nearly 30 deaths of women at the hands of men this year – also agreed to trial new measures to extreme online misogyny.
ASX drops 1pc; $200m home goes on sale; What Star CEO sacking reveals
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Treat violent men like terrorists or gangsters, experts say
Swift sanctions, including jail, are needed to stop domestic violence, say researchers, who argue no amount of “respectful relationships training” will stop some men.