How to respond to sexual harassment or assault at a work party With less than a month until Christmas, end-of-year work parties are now well underway. The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025
Funding boost as demand for major DV helpline soars A free domestic violence hotline that's seen a dramatic spike in calls is getting a significant funding boost to ensure people get the help they need. AAP · Nov 24, 2025
Video call counselling for domestic and sexual violence Australians experiencing domestic and sexual violence have been offered another avenue for support through face-to-face counselling on video calls. AAP · Mar 11, 2024
Domestic violence worst at Christmas and New Year in Australia, with more than 60 women killed in violent attacks this year Statistics reveal over 2,000 intimate partner homicides from 1989 to 2021, with three in four victims female The Guardian - AU · Dec 23, 2023
'Rape myths' at forefront of jury decisions in Australia, experts say Experts say survivors are undermined by 'many of the systems of trauma that come as a result of being sexually assaulted'. Newcastle Herald · May 10, 2023
'Values from the last century': sexual assault forum calls to reform legal system 'The system requires a broader view of the experience of victims across all stages', experts say. Newcastle Herald · May 10, 2023
Change needed as sexual assault survivors pushed to 'utter distress' Newcastle sexual assault support services have called a $14.7 million boost to help change the way the courts deal with sexual assault survivors a step in the right direction. Newcastle Herald · May 2, 2023
BRO: Mental Health Service Lifeline Is Getting Calls From Dudes Wanting Phone Sex "Where must they be in their life to actually think that that's an appropriate thing to do?" Pedestrian.tv · Apr 14, 2023
Full Stop family violence counselling support hotline facing funding crisis, calls for federal government to intervene The Full Stop hotline for victims of sexual, domestic and family violence is warning that without urgent federal funding, it will have to shut down. ABC News · Mar 27, 2023
Telstra to deliver 1800RESPECT hotline Telco giant Telstra has secured a five-year federal government contract to deliver national sexual assault, domestic and family violence hotline 1800RESPECT. AAP · Jan 24, 2022