Media
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Latest press releases:
- NSW Safe Access Zones proposal backed by legal, health, women's groups in open letter, 17 May 2018. Copy of open letter available here.
- Turnbull's 2018 budget bitterly disappointing and potentially dangerous for women affected by domestic violence, 8 May 2018.
- Government must act on sexual violence against international students, 27 April 2018.
- New O'Week revelations more proof that Minister needs to intervene to stop campus sexual violence, 4 March 2018.
- Universities leave sexual violence off national conference agenda, Joint release, 27 February 2018.
- Advocates launch call for independent taskforce to address uni sexual violence, 22 February 2018.
- Rape prevention advocates urge parents to push for prevention training ahead of O'Week, 19 February 2018.
- Candidate stance on abortion could swing key votes this election, 20 November 2017.
- Handmaids are asking Queenslanders to vote pro-choice this election, 19 November 2017.
- Almost 100 QLD candidates have already taken pro-choice pledge, 2 November 2017.
Previous press releases available here.
Recent media coverage:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.