This Month
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.
- Tom McIlroy
August
Taylor Swift concerts cancelled over terrorist attack fears
Two suspects were arrested one day before the singer’s first concert date in the Austrian capital Vienna.
- Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Riham Alkousaa
June
Danish prime minister attacked, man arrested
Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man in Kultorvet public square in the centre of the Danish capital Copenhagen, local media reported.
- James Rothwell
April
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.
- Tom Burton
April
Albanese calls crisis meeting on male violence against women
The prime minister will hold a national cabinet meeting after being heckled at a Canberra rally protesting against a “national crisis” of gendered violence.
- Ronald Mizen
- Analysis
- Terror charges
Why so many younger men are so angry
Australia’s ‘crisis of male violence against women’ reflects a growing gender divide triggered by alienation and resentment, researchers say.
- Emma Connors
March
Chaos and violence sparks youth curfew in Alice Springs
The Northern Territory government has imposed a two-week youth curfew, set to restrict movement between 6pm and 6am, from Wednesday night.
- Tom McIlroy
December 2023
Gunman kills at least 15 people in Prague university shooting
Czech police responded to the shooting at Charles University’s faculty of arts building in Jan Palach Square, later reporting the shooter had been “eliminated”.
- Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet
Firms aren’t ready for a wave of new sexual harassment rules
Fewer than half of directors are confident their companies will be able to meet to new workplace sexual harassment rules when they come into force next week.
- Sally Patten
November 2023
Ombudsman could step in when unis fail on sexual assault
Universities that fail to resolve sexual assault claims could come under the watchful eye of a new national student ombudsman.
- Julie Hare
September 2022
Gunman misfires in attempt to shoot Argentine vice president
The vice president did not appear to have suffered any injury, and the man was overpowered within seconds as he stood among a crowd of her supporters.
- Debora Rey and Almudena Calatrava
May 2022
Why I wrote a book about being stalked
Author Ellis Gunn thought she’d dealt with the trauma of being pursued by a stranger, until she sat down to write a book about homesickness.
- Ellis Gunn
February 2022
Financial abuse costs $10.9b a year, report finds
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn says an advertising campaign will draw attention to support services the bank will offer to help domestic violence victims.
- James Eyers
December 2021
‘I didn’t pull the trigger’: Baldwin
Alec Baldwin said in his first interview since the gun he was holding on a film set killed the cinematographer that someone is responsible, but it is not him.
- Andrew Dalton
November 2021
Austria in lockdown as COVID-19 rules trigger riots across Europe
Riot police used water cannons and tear gas as peaceful demonstrations turned ugly in Brussels when tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets.
- Updated
- Joe Barnes, Lucy Fisher, Justin Stares and Jorg Luyken
October 2021
British MP stabbed to death in ‘terrorist act’
A 25-year-old was arrested, as politicians from all sides reeled in shock at another killing of an MP, five years after the murder of Jo Cox.
- Updated
- Jill Lawless and Jo Kearney
September 2021
Domestic violence victims let down by ‘broken system’: chief judge
Legal experts say victims of domestic and gendered violence face lengthly court delays and processes that are “retraumatising”, turning them off reporting.
- Hannah Wootton
Make domestic violence leave a right, says Westacott
The Business Council of Australia chief has backed paid leave for domestic violence victims.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
July 2021
Haiti president assassinated at home in ‘barbaric act’, says PM
Jovenel Moise was shot dead and his wife Martine was injured by unknown attackers who stormed his private residence, setting off unrest in the Caribbean nation.
- Updated
- Andre Paultre
April 2021
Biden calls US gun violence ‘an international embarrassment’
President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions as he pressed “common-sense solutions” amid a proliferation of gun violence in America.
- Alexandra Jaffe, Ammer Madhani and Michael Balsamo