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Dr Anne Summers founded Australia’s first women’s refuge focused on helping women escape domestic violence.

Women are still being kept in the home. But not by what you think

This one thing can be the difference between women holding on to their jobs and losing them, also derailing lifetime earnings.

  • Millie Muroi

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Further questionable on-air comments about women from now dumped radio host Marty Sheargold have emerged, including when he said endometriosis was “made up”.

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Marty didn’t suddenly become a misogynist this week. His comments were entirely on brand. So why this sudden moral awakening after he mentioned the Matildas?

  • Kate Halfpenny
Perth suburbs crime statistics main image, police generic, WA Police. Picture: WAtoday

Which Perth suburb had the most crime in 2024?

WAtoday has examined crime statistics for 2024 and compiled a per capita snapshot of which suburbs suffered the most crime last year, revealing some surprises.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Family violence response organisation Orange Door has had to close on some days due to staff shortages.

How life insurers are cracking down on financial abuse

Australian life insurers have been urged to step up and improve support for customers experiencing domestic violence amid warnings that perpetrators are using life insurance policies to financially abuse victims.

  • Cindy Yin
Domestic violence victim Carol-Anne (right) with Detective Sergeant Elise Douglas.

‘How could I leave and share custody with a monster?’ Inside Carol-Anne’s hell

Instead of blood-spattered walls, family photographs adorn the home as the 53-year-old mother works to rebuild her life after escaping from the clutches of a monster she says was living in plain sight.

  • Erin Pearson
A litany of cases in the state’s new family violence court shows that domestic violence is complex and comes in many forms.

‘Our work is never complete’: A day inside a specialist family violence court

Victoria is reshaping the court system to bring justice to domestic violence victims without re-traumatising them.

  • Melissa Cunningham
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The luxury retreat for men accused of grievous crimes

In a sleepy corner of a fashionable NSW town, accused criminals chill out in the spa, cool off in the pool, and relax over a game of tennis.

  • Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Amber Schultz
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the alleged domestic violence murder of a child in the northeast of NSW.

Man charged with murder of two-year-old boy in northern NSW

A 23-year-old man has been charged with the alleged domestic violence murder of a child in the north-east of NSW.

  • Cindy Yin

‘We told you he would murder us’: Police failed to stop Floreat murders

An internal report has found police took insufficient action before Mark Bombara killed two women, despite multiple warnings, with the state’s most senior officer acknowledging system failure.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Nelomie Perera was murdered by her ex.

If her violent ex had been monitored, Nelomie might still be alive

A Melbourne mother hacked to death with an axe in her own home had done everything she could to protect herself. But her safety watch ultimately recorded her own murder.

  • Erin Pearson

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