Gender equality
Opinion
Domestic violence
Where does this violent debate leave the good men we know and love?
These men are receptive to anti-misogyny campaigns, but they are also the ones who least need them.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Keen to become PM, Hannah Ferguson might just have the cheek to get there
The 25-year-old is making her voice heard in the campaign to end violence against women.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Make domestic abusers move out of home
Why not turn past approaches upside down, and have the abused person and children stay in the family home, while funds go into providing residential institutions to house the violent perpetrators.
Editorial
Domestic violence
This is a war on women. We must mobilise the resources to prevail
As the number of domestic violence deaths rises, Australian women could be forgiven for feeling like they are under siege. But governments are playing catch up.
- The Herald's View
Dutton says there’s a ‘strong argument’ for domestic violence royal commission
“I think there’s a strong argument for a royal commission if we know that it’s going to produce the evidence,” the opposition leader says.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Same age, same experience, less pay. But it’s not for the reasons you might think
Australian research has found differences in pay within occupations make up the bulk of the gender pay gap – not women working part-time or in lower-paid occupations.
- by Rachel Clun
Opinion
Domestic violence
Holding all men responsible for a violent minority has failed to keep women safe
The more I heard the discourse around respect and violence, the more it reminded me of being told that it was up to all Muslims to own the problem of terrorism and solve it.
- by Waleed Aly
Exclusive
Domestic violence
How police could spot red flags for violent men who fly under the radar
Australia’s police ministers will discuss how they can improve their response to high-risk offenders – which could involve looking at their GPS data, online activity, mental health data or involvement in family law disputes.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Editorial
Domestic violence
Australia needs to ditch its dinosaur attitudes – but Molly Ticehurst shouldn’t have paid the price to make it happen
Under cloudy skies on the Forbes rugby oval, hundreds of people paid witness to a father’s grief. The premier and police minister were among them.
- The Herald's View
‘A welcome backflip’: Porn passport trial to keep kids off adult websites
Children will be blocked from watching explicit content online under a $6.5 million federal trial as governments attempt to counter the rising rate of violence against women.
- by Paul Sakkal
Albanese’s $925m escape money pledge just ‘one piece of the puzzle’
Speaking after a snap national cabinet meeting, the prime minister said state and territory leaders would meet again to discuss plans to strengthen their justice systems.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos