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Pilita Clark

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.

I grew up in Australia, so I am used to a certain pattern of antipodean headlines. Monster bushfires. Raucous politics. Insufferably cocky cricketers.

But the past few weeks have brought news I did not expect to see in 2024: thousands of Australians have poured on to streets across the country to rally against what the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has called a “national crisis” of violence against women.

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Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on modern corporate life, as well as features and other articles.

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