Yesterday
- Opinion
- Opinion
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.
- Deborah O'Neill
This Month
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.
- James Eyers
November
- Opinion
- Opinion
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.
- Dorothy Hisgrove
September
‘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.
- Tom McIlroy
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
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.
- Tom McIlroy
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.
- Tom McIlroy
June
- Exclusive
- Workplace
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.
- Euan Black and Ronald Mizen
May
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.
- Sally Patten and Joanne Tran
- Opinion
- Opinion
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.
- Pilita Clark
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.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Opinion
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.
- Laura Tingle
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.
- Tom Burton
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.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
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.
- Tom McIlroy
ASX drops 1pc; $200m home goes on sale; What Star CEO sacking reveals
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
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
Bail rules and offender tracking to lead national cabinet talks
High-risk violent offenders face closer tracking in the community, part of a push by state premiers for tough and immediate new responses to domestic violence.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Opinion
Albanese confronts domestic violence crisis
Women are angry, and the prime minister is dodging criticism even as he calls an emergency meeting of national cabinet on domestic violence.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- Anthony Albanese
Politicians alone cannot stop violence against women
Malcolm Turnbull best summed up the challenge a decade ago when he sought to address domestic violence. The challenge for Anthony Albanese is little different.
- Phillip Coorey
