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AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said he was troubled by the rise of threats against politicians.

‘Extreme violence’: Threats against politicians soar

Female politicians face especially troubling threats of sexual violence in the increasingly febrile political environment, the AFP chief has said.

  • Matthew Knott

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The woman was killed on April 5, 2023.

Grandfather of killer teen gives heartbreaking account of ‘everyday sadness’ at losing his daughter

A grandfather’s simple gesture in the Supreme Court drives home the agony this family now endures. His daughter is dead, and his grandson faces years behind bars for murder.

  • Erin Pearson
Lilly Munro had to deal with aggressive and offensive behaviour at work and then repercussions for reporting it.

Bashed, harassed and black-banned: CFMEU sides with bikies, not women

The union has admitted it let women down in its response to violence as shocking examples of mistreatment emerge.

  • Nick McKenzie, Sarah Danckert and Amelia Ballinger
Isla Bell’s mother, Justine Spokes, and uncle, Keiran Dionysis both spoke at the She Matters rally in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens.

‘It’s a widespread, toxic culture’: Isla Bell’s mother calls for justice

The family of the 19-year-old Brunswick woman who was allegedly murdered have called for media reporting on victims to be more sensitive to the impact on loved ones.

  • Wendy Tuohy
The commission’s advice for rewriting Australia’s response to sexual violence aims to improve justice in a society where one in five women have experienced sexual violence since age 15.

Most sexual assaults are never pursued by police. Here’s how the system could change

Australia’s top law reform agency wants all police, prosecutors and defence lawyers to go through mandatory training on rape myths, in one of several steps to reform a failing justice system.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Police at the Bunnings car park following the incident

Pair charged over brutal Bunnings car park stabbing were on bail for another stabbing

Magistrate Brett Sonnet described CCTV footage of the incident as “absolutely outrageous” and “emblematic of cowardly conduct”.

  • Melissa Cunningham
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Investigators at the Werribee South home in 2022 where police allege Michael Gauci attacked his neighbour.

Man alleged to have set neighbour on fire with blowtorch over loud music

Michael Gauci is accused of pouring accelerant over his neighbour and setting her on fire. He has been charged with attempted murder.

  • Emily Woods
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 screenshot from a TikTok video by Mia Findlay in which she names and identifies Bea McDonald as one of the students at a meeting where a report into sexual violence was torn up.

TikToker defamed female Sydney Uni student over sex assault report protest

The influencer has been ordered to pay $20,000 after accusing the woman of complicity when a group of male students tore up a report into campus sexual violence.

  • Perry Duffin
Men brawl in Bali

‘Let’s go, bro!’ Australian tourist suspected of triggering wild Bali brawl

Bali police are still looking for four tourists involved in the fight in which four security guards were injured.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies

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