Victoria has announced new teaching resources to tackle the influence of “manosphere” figures among students, but we still don’t have a clear picture of sexism and harassment in our schools.
A United Nations report details the violence that women and girls in sport face around the world – including Australia.
The adoption of the Victorian government’s bill to extinguish civil actions arising out of the Lawyer X saga would have wider implications for society.
Early identification is the first step in addressing malnutrition. This requires systematic routine screening processes.
A parliamentary committee has recommended a dedicated act to protect human rights. Here’s how it could work.
A domestic violence disclosure scheme is a resource people can check to find out if a particular person has a documented history of domestic violence, but how well does it work?
Cancelling Crown’s licence would have sent a very clear message that no entity is too big to fail. The achievement of effective regulation, including effective protection for vulnerable people, remains some way off.
The pictures men in paid care work are painting of work in the disability sector versus work in aged care are astonishingly different.
As a federal government taskforce ponders how to improve the system, a new study focuses on nurses in two Victorian residential aged care homes, and how they feel about and operate in their workplaces.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Politicians have cynically used metaphor to imply meaning through language.
Jacinta Walsh’s great grandmother navigated oppressive policies her entire life, and didn’t have a public voice. Now, however, through the family’s storytelling, she does.
Despite a national plan to end violence against women and children, there’s no demonstrable evidence of a change of pace, or the emergency interventions needed, to achieve it.
The scandal and its aftermath point to a systemic failure of police accountability. Such failure is fertile soil for police corruption, and makes a repeat of the scandal entirely possible.
Recognition of forced marriage as a form of family violence paves the way for victim-survivors to seek help, but are the support systems set up for it?
While it’s positive to see recognition from the Commonwealth government that the existing Family Violence Provision safety net needs changing, piecemeal intervention won’t go far enough to address underlying structural conditions that undermine women’s searches for safety.
Why did so many people choose to trust the Robodebt automated system over the drumbeat of criticism that it was unlawful, and its outcomes flawed?
Now that the TGA approved promising medicines, it’s important we get the rollout right to ensure those suffering have access to what could be an important ingredient in solving the mental health crisis.
Local councils are the best level of government to protect sports-playing children from pervasive and harmful abuse, harassment, and discrimination.
Why the work to hold family violence offenders accountable is only just beginning.
The uncomfortable truths that make some disability inclusion barriers so hard to shift, leaving structural inequity entrenched.
Love him or hate him – and there are plenty in each camp – Daniel Andrews has become one of the most significant state premiers in modern history. This month, he may win yet another term.
There’s little more than a year left for Crown Resorts to get its house in order and become worthy of keeping its casino licence.
The Albanese government has devised a strong model for the new National Anti-Corruption Commission, with robust powers and suitable accountability mechanisms.
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