Media
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Latest press releases:
- Abortion amendments slammed by women's group: will reinforce barriers to access, 7 August 2019
- Experts and community groups back public call for abortion reform, 6 August 2019
- Women's and LGBTIQ+ groups are demanding the Morrison Government deliver on equal protections and consultation, 9 July 2019.
- Experts launch public call for NSW abortion reform, 11 December 2018
- Advocates applaud Labor Commitment to university sexual violence Taskforce, 30 November 2018
- Action on campus rape shelved in cabinet reshuffle, 23 November 2018
- Local MP praised for bravery and leadership in supporting legal abortion care, 18 October 2018
- MPs applauded for historic vote legalising abortion care, 17 October 2018
- LNP voters in key seats back abortion laws: new polling, 11 October 2018
- NSW Safe Access Zones proposal backed by legal, health, women's groups in open letter, 17 May 2018. Copy of open letter available here.
Previous press releases available here.
Recent media coverage:
- 'We were so close': Education Minister shelves sexual assault taskforce for universities, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 November 2018.
- Federal Govt shelves taskforce addressing responses to sexual assault on campus, Pedestrian TV, 23 November 2018.
- 'This is a health issue': Queensland has finally decriminalise abortion, Women's Agenda, 19 October 2018.
- 'Archaic' NSW law should legalise abortion, lawyers say, Ten Daily, 19 October 2018
- NSW urged to follow Queensland on abortion laws, 9 News, 18 October 2018.
- Abortion is decriminalise in Queensland as eight of 10 Coast MPs voted against the Bill, Gold Coast Bulletin, 18 October 2018.
- 'Extraordinarily archaic': NSW urged to follow Queensland on abortion laws, Sydney Morning Herald, 2018.
- Enough's enough, New South Wales. It's time to decriminalise abortion. Mamamia, 18 October 2018.
- Queensland abortion laws passed: List of MPs shows it was mostly men who voted to keep abortion illegal, News.com.au, 18 October 2018
- List of MPs who voted against abortion decriminalisation, Warwick Daily News, 18 October 2018.
- Queensland parliament votes to legalise abortion, The Guardian, 18 October 2018
- 'This is a health issue': Queensland has finally decriminalise abortion, Women's Agenda, 18 October 2018
- Why is abortion still a crime in NSW? SBS news, 18 October 2018
- Demands for New South Wales to decriminalise abortion, 9 News, 18 October 2018
- Queensland becomes latest Australian state to decriminalise abortion, New York Times, 17 October 2018
- Queensland parliament votes to legalise abortion, Guardian, 17 October 2018.
- Doctors, nurses, and pollies march in support of abortion reform, Brisbane Times, 14 October 2018
- Queensland abortion laws: Premier's 'no comment' on abortion Bill vote, Courier Mail, 11 October 2018
- Queensland's termination laws are 'archaic, cruel and degrading', Brisbane Times, 4 October 2018
- Here's why Teachers want abortion to be decriminalised in Queensland, Buzzfeed News, 2 October 2018
- Bishop calls for MPs to ditch abortion decriminalisation plans, Townsville Bulletin, 15 August 2018.
- The time for decisive action on campus assault is now, Women's Agenda, 31 July 2018.
- Channel 7 News coverage, 18 July 2018.
- Men are changing their behaviour after Eurydice Dixon's death, News.com.au 23 June 2018.
- Evangelical Christians step up abortion clinic protests in Queensland, 18 June 2018.
- NSW women will finally be able to have an abortion without being harassed on the street, Junkee, 8 June 2018.
- NSW abortion zone laws pass first hurdle, 9 News, 24 May 2018.
- Tension as NSW abortion bill debated, SBS News, 24 May 2018.
- NSW parliament is considering finally banning protestors outside abortion clinics, Junkee, 17 May 2018.
- Sex assault missing from agenda, The Australian, 28 February 2018.
- 'Sadistic' university hazing rituals uncovered in shocking assault report, HuffPost, 26 February 2018.
- National report exposes O-Week perils, reinforces calls for independent taskforce into sexual assault and sexual harassment at universities, Bendigo Advertiser, 26 February 2018.
- Calls for student sex assault taskforce, The Australian, 22 February 2018.
- Spike in calls to sex assault helplines as uni O'Weeks begin, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 2018.
- Sydney University sex harassment review a 'PR exercise', The Australian, 21 December 2017.
- Campus sexual assault prevention 'inadequate at Australian universities', The Guardian, 19 February 2018.
- Women can wait up to a month to see an abortion provider in Queensland says doctor, Brisbane Times, 2017.
- University sexual assault report: 'degrading' college hazing described - as it happened, The Guardian, 1 August 2017.
- Jamila Rizvi: 'It's time to join the DV funding war', Whimn, 9 May 2017.
- Victorian budget: 'Brilliant' $1.9b family violence package will save lives, advocates say, ABC News, 2 May 2017.
- People don't reckon the Government actually 'values' the prevention of domestic violence, Buzzfeed News, 20 April 2017.
- Domestic violence cuts in Australia will have 'devastating consequences', News.com.au, 24 March 2017.
- Puritanism and protest: how handmaid fashion started a movement, Sydney morning Herald, 24 March 2018.
- Government cuts mean 36,000 people will be denied pro bono legal advice, The Guardian, 24 March 2017.
- Dogs a source of comfort, Shepparton News, 18 March 2017.
- CSU provides sexual assault prevention training in house, Port Macquarie News, 6 March 2017.
- What it's really like to get an abortion in Queensland, News.com.au, 4 March 2017.
- Sign a petition tonight to decriminalise abortion in Queensland. Women need you. Mamamia, 28 February 2017.
- Sexual assault at universities is rife, covered up and rarely reported, Women's Agenda, 28 February 2017.
- It's 2017 and abortion is still not legal in Queensland. That's not a typo. Mamamia, 24 February 2017.
- Sexual assault: What is your university doing to prevent it? ABC, 24 February 2017.
- Abortion laws Queensland: Most want abortion to be decriminalised, Courier Mail, 21 February 2017.
- Qld abortion bill: Pyne hails victory over committee split, The Brisbane Times, 17 February 2017.
- The "boost" to paid parental leave is actually a cut which leaves Australia further behind the rest of the world, Buzzfeed News, 9 February 2017.
- College boys and sexual consent: there's still a long way to go, The Guardian, 7 December 2016.
- Police reveal what the 'secretive' universities didn't want you to know, News.com.au, 6 December 2016.
- How to get a politician's attention? Use a really big billboard, Women's Agenda, 7 November 2016.
- PPL's under threat, childcare's a mess & Donald Trump has a chance: Georgie Dent on why we need to keep fighting, Women's Agenda, 31 October 2016.
- NXT has Friday on its mind for expanded PPL, The Australian, 1 November 2016.
- Poll pledge forces Nick Xenophon to stall on paid parental leave, the Australian, 31 October 2016.
- Government's paid parental leave changes on the rocks as Nick Xenophon backs away, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2016.
- Paid Parental leave: Mothers could get reprieve thanks to Xenophon pledge, The Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2016.
- Federal election 2016: What Labor and Liberal are promising on domestic violence, Daily Life, 30 June 2016.
- Domestic violence deaths at 'epidemic proportions' despite awareness, Daily Life, 30 June 2016.
- Women won't be able to escape family violence without proper funding for services, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2016.
- Future of Paid Parental Leave on a "Knife's Edge" this Election, Buzzfeed News, 29 June 2016.
- The funding change all Australian women should be worried about, Mamamia, 9 June 2016.
- Changes to 1800 RESPECT, The Project, 8 June 2016.
- Rosie Batty to launch Family Court campaign to help family violence survivors, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May 2016.
- Eva Cox: Women left behind by a budget that does little to redress inequality, Women's Agenda, 5 May 2016.
- "This budget is devastating and dangerous for women experiencing family violence", Mamamia, 4 May 2016.
- At least there's one happy family! Scott Morrison's Budget 2016 delays cheaper childcare and tightens benefit payments, Daily Mail, 3 May 2016.
- Federal budget: Domestic violence survivor Rebeca Caro fears that Federal funding cuts will cost women's lives, News.com.au, 2 May 2016.
- Cuts to parental leave shaping up as an election issue, Women's Agenda, 7 April 2016.
- "Do I actually have to leave in a body bag before you take me seriously?", Mamamia, 21 March 2016.
- SBS World News, 16 March 2016.
- Letter to Malcolm Turnbull: Domestic violence must be a budget priority, Fairfax print coverage, 16 March 2016.
- The Point with Stan Grant, SBS, 16 March 2016.
- The World Today: Federal government urged to find more funding for domestic violence services, ABC radio, 16 March 2016.
- Advocates urge government to make family violence a budget priority, Huffington Post, 16 March 2016.
- Crucial crossbenchers slam 'mean and stupid' Turnbull cuts to paid parental leave, Fairfax, 16 January 2016.
- Channel 9 evening news, 15 January 2016.
- Families could lose up to $11,000 as part of the Government's latest Paid Parental Leave changes, Mamamia, 15 January 2016.
- Paid parental leave changes could see new mothers miss out on almost $12,000 of support, ABC, 14 January 2016.
- Low paid workers $10,000 worse off under Turnbull parental leave: research, Fairfax, 13 January.
- Dr Helen Pankhurst and her suffragette forebears, ABC radio, 1 December 2015.
- 'The only thing worse than having your family murdered is being blamed for it': Woman whose husband killed their two children and then himself in front of her speaks out for domestic violence victims, Daily Mail, 25 November 2015.
- Beyond the use of technology, digital campaigns are creating real change, HuffPost, 4 November 2015.
- Call to stop abusers cross-examining their victims in the Family Court, Fairfax, 27 October 2015.
- A menacing presence that ended in death from domestic violence, The Australian, 25 September 2015.
- If we're serious about combating violence against women, we can't ignore the culture of our politics, Junkee, 25 September 2015.
- Fair Agenda: Turnbull announcement still leaves women in danger, Women's Agenda, 24 September 2015.
- Malcolm Turnbull's scathing attack on men who commit domestic violence, Fairfax, 24 September 2015.
- Stop soft peddling murder, stop dismissing the perpetrators, stop ignoring women in need. Just stop. Women's Agenda, 24 September 2015.
- Shocking analysis shows paid parental leave cuts will hit nurses, ambos, teachers and retail workers hard, Women's Agenda, 7 August 2015.
- Paid parental leave scheme: changes could hit mothers' purses hard, The Brisbane Times, 6 August 2015.
- Safety from terrorism includes stopping domestic violence, The Age, 15 July 2015.
- Rosie Batty calls for funds as poll finds family violence feared above terrorism, The Guardian, 6 July 2015.
- Our cock-eyed response to violence, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 July 2015.
- 'Family terrorism': The threat that needs funding. New Matilda, 6 July 2015.
- Extra $68 million a year needed to house domestic violence victims: Homelessness Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 2015.
- Thousands of women at risk: The truth about family violence services, Women's Agenda, 26 May 2015.
- Tackling domestic abuse, Weekend Sunrise, 17 May 2015.
- Waleed Aly confronts Malcolm Turnbull over domestic violence on The Project, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 May 2015.
- Code Red: What's needed to tackle family violence, The Monthly, May 2015.
- Albury mayor sorry for 'victim blaming' comments, 7 News, 1 May 2015.
- Budget 2015: 'Government failed domestic violence test', Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 2015.
- The Project's Waleed Aly demands government #Showmethemoney in epic Budget speech about domestic violence, News.com.au, 13 May 2015.
- #Showmethemoney, The Project, 13 May 2015.
- Waleed Aly slams the Government for not spending more to prevent violence, Mamamia, 13 May 2015.
- Waleed Aly explained how messed up our domestic violence spend is, Pedestrian TV, 13 May 2015.
- Show domestic abuse victims the money, Birdee, 13 May 2015.
- Gender reporting under threat. Will the minister for women please stand up? Women's Agenda, 15 January 2015.
- Is it time for a Cabinet reshuffle? These talented women are still knocking, Women's Agenda, 3 December 2014.
- Minister Mary Wooldridge's pro-choice stance on abortion leads to low ranking by conservative micro-parties, The Age, 18 November 2014.
- Online petition lobbies Libra to axe 'stereotyping' ads, Smart Company, 17 September 2014.
- Customers lobby Myer over 'super skinny' Winx Club dolls as online petitions become more common, Smart Company, 19 June 2014.
- Manly father calls on Myer to scrap 'skinny' Winx Club doll from shelves, Manly Daily, 17 June 2014.