Previous media releases
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Previous releases:
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Safety advocates respond to Women's Safety Summit, 8 September 2021
- Joint statement and list of endorsing individuals and organisations (live with new endorsements)
- Experts lay out solutions blueprint, demand action at Women's Safety Summit, 2 September 2021
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Advocates release open letter about concerns with the Good Society website, Fair Agenda & End Rape on Campus Australia, 3 June 2021
- Open letter to the Morrison Government & Department of Education about the harmful content still live on its 'Good Society' schools resource, Fair Agenda & End Rape on Campus Australia, 3 June 2021.
- Safe zones announcement celebrated as vital step towards safe, legal and compassionate access to abortion care in WA, 26 May 2021.
- Federal budget only offers 'scraps' towards women's safety, 12 May 2021
- Media Resource: Women's safety funding needed in the federal budget, 10 May 2021
- Govt's respectful relationships resource still littered with harmful and inaccurate content, bad for survivors, Fair Agenda & End Rape on Campus Australia, 6 May 2021
- Govt's new school violence prevention resource doesn't meet National Standards and won't actually work, say advocates, 19 April 2021
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Gender equality advocates join unions to condemn Morrison Government's response to sexual harassment, 12 April 2021
- Safe Work 4 Women joint statement, 12 April 2021
- Safety advocates slam launch of 'horrifying' survey, Fair Agenda & End Rape on Campus Australia, 7 April 2021.
- Morrison's govt needs more than window-dressing on women's safety 29 March 2021
- Advocates call for MP to match tears with actual action, 23 March 2021
- Orgs back joint statement demanding Morrison Government act now on gendered violence, 15 March 2021
- Equality advocates applaud passage of historic law reform, 19 February 2021
- 'Harmful amendments' slammed by gender equality and human rights groups, 16 February 2021
- Experts and community groups back public call for abortion reform, 15 February 2021
- Abortion bill praised as compassionate model for desperately needed reform, 14 October 2020
- Safe access zones bill praised as vital for patient wellbeing and safety, 14 October 2020
- Advocates slam budget for failing women trying to escape family violence, Fair Agenda & Women's Safety NSW, 8 October 2020
- Domestic violence advocates call for action on pandemic recommendations at today's Women's Safety Council meeting, 6 August 2020.
- Experts warn that COVID-19 impacts on domestic violence just beginning, Fair Agenda & Australian Women Against Violence Alliance, 8 May 2020.
- Domestic violence package "leaves holes in the safety net women need at this time", 29 March 2020.
- Women's lives will be at risk because of decision not to act today - domestic violence experts, Fair Agenda & Australian Violence Against Women Alliance (AWAVA), 13 March 2020.
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Women's Safety Ministers sent five urgent safety actions to lock in on Friday, Fair Agenda & Australian Violence Against Women Alliance (AWAVA), 5 March 2020
- Copy of joint letter to Women's Safety Ministers sent 5 March 2020.
- Domestic violence experts slam Morrison Government commitment to combating domestic violence, Fair Agenda & No To Violence, Men's Referral Service | 21 February 2020.
- Religious Discrimination Bill 'one of the biggest threats to reproductive healthcare in decades', joint release with Human Rights Law Centre, 6 February 2020
- Experts warn proposed Religious Discrimination Bill could hurt those trying to access reproductive healthcare, 10 October 2019
- Advocates celebrate historic abortion reform in NSW, say South Australia must be next to decriminalise abortion, 26 September 2019
- Petition Delivery: Advocates reject unbalanced religious discrimination ‘sword’, 10 September 2019
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New poll shows overwhelming support for abortion law reform, opposition to religious interference, 7 September 2019
Serious concerns about impact religious discrimination laws could have on women, 29 August 2019 - 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.
- 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.
- College students at high risk - yet survey shows most residences failing to invest adequately in prevention, 1 August 2017.
- Federal Government continues to fail domestic violence victim survivors, 10 May 2017.
- Domestic violence survivors praise Victorian Government commitment, 2 May 2017.
- Looming cut will put more family violence victims in danger, 23 March 2017.
- Delay on abortion law reform hurts women, 28 February 2017.
- LNP ignores community will; essentially endorses criminalising women and their doctors, 28.02.17
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Overwhelming support for abortion decriminalisation in Queensland: new poll, 21 February 2017.
- Queensland abortion law reform poll, Essential Research, 20 February 2017.
- Committee finding fails women and doctors, 17 February 2017.
- University residences surveyed on training for sexual violence prevention ahead of 2017 applications, 6 December 2016.
- New parental leave cut proposal would leave thousands short of expert recommended time to care, 20 November 2016.
- Government recognises frontline DV services 'critical to save lives', then leaves thousands without access to them, 12 May 2016.
- Labor yet to commit funding needed to deliver on domestic violence promise in budget reply. 6 May 2016
- Turnbull budget devastating and dangerous for women experiencing family violence. 4 May 2016.
- Journalist's Guide to family violence service funding and the 2016-17 Federal Budget. 3 May 2016.
- Turnbull must to take cuts to parental leave off the table - permanently. Fair Agenda & The Parenthood. 6 April 2015.
- Cuts to parental leave doomed in the Senate as polling shows working mothers key undecided in upcoming election. Fair Agenda & The Parenthood. 17 March 2016.
- Federal funding failures leave thousands of women in danger. Embargoed until 16 March 2016.
- New expert report shows MYEFO PPL cuts savage - will hit nurse, ambos, teachers and retail workers hard, 13 January 2012.
- The federal government are still leaving women in danger: full funding of family violence services. 25 November 2015.
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Thousands join survivor's campaign to stop cross-examination by abusive partners, Fair Agenda and Women's Legal Services Australia, 27 October 2015.
- Turnbull announcement still leaves women in danger: thousands will remain without access to frontline services. 24 September 2015.
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PM urged in open letter: don't leave women with nowhere to turn. 23 September.
- Open letter: Prime Minister Turnbull - fully fund family violence services. 23 September 2015.
- The Abbott-led government left women in danger. Will the Turnbull-led government keep doing the same? 15 September here.
- New report shows nurses, teachers, ambos and retail workers to be hit hard by paid parental leave cuts. 6 August here. Full report from provided by the Women & Work group available here.
- New 'divorce tax' adds to federal government's poor form on domestic violence released 15 July here.
- New poll on threat of family violence v terrorism (with quotes from Rosie Batty) released 6 July here.
- Response to new funding announcements for family violence services, 17 May 2015.
- Budget test on domestic violence crisis: a test the government has failed, 13 May 2015.
Previous media coverage
- How you can help save the peak body for Indigenous DV survivors, Women's Agenda, 10 December 2019
- Religious discrimination bill would create barriers to women's healthcare, advocates warn, The Guardian, 9 October 2019
- Community groups slam proposed Religious Discrimination Bill, Pro Bono Australia, 2 October 2019
- Women's groups urge crossbench to reverse support for Hanson-led family court inquiry, 1 October 2019
- 'Sorry it took so long': After 119 years, bill decriminalising abortion, Women's Agenda, 26 September 2019.
- 14,000 signature petition against Religious Discrimination Bill, Star Observer, 11 September 2019
- Liberal, National voters overwhelmingly back NSW abortion reform, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 2019
- Despite the noise, we're remarkably united on abortion - and we're pro-choice, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 2019
- Here's why women should be worried about religious discrimination bill, 30 August 2019
- Poll reveals lukewarm public support for religious freedom legislation, The Conversation, 9 July 2019
- '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.