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A new minister in Victoria will tackle the manosphere. Here’s what they should do

Victoria has its first minister for men and boys. Part of a cabinet reshuffle, the role was given to Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke.

The Conversation · Apr 16

Young people who witness domestic violence are more likely to be victims of it. Here’s how we can help them

In our national discussions on domestic and family violence, much of the focus is rightly on the women experiencing the violence and how best to help them.

The Conversation · Jun 4, 2025

Influencer Andrew Tate is charged with a raft of sex crimes. His followers will see him as the victim

British prosecutors have this week charged social media influencer Andrew Tate with a string of serious sexual offences, including rape and human trafficking, alleged to have been committed in the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2015.

The Conversation · May 29, 2025

Half of migrant and refugee women we spoke to have been sexually harassed in Australian workplaces

In our new study, published on Tuesday, we surveyed 701 migrant and refugee women in Australia and found nearly half had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace over the past five years.

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2023

The government has released its action plans to end violence against women and children. Will they be enough?

The Australian government has today released the First Action Plan 2023-2027 and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032. These long-awaited plans detail what the Commonwealth, state and territory governments have agreed to do to progress their…

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023

To end gender-based violence in one generation, we must fix how the system responds to children and young people

Federal, state and territory governments this week released Australia’s ten-year National Plan to end Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, which is framed by the ambitious goal of ending gender-based violence in one generation.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2022

Home violence toll on kids with disability

Children with disabilities are much more likely than others to experience family and domestic violence, Australian research has shown.

AAP · Sep 28, 2022

Almost 9 in 10 young Australians who use family violence experienced child abuse: new research

How prevalent is young people’s use of family violence in Australia, what form does it take and how does it intersect with experiences of child abuse? These were the key questions we set out to investigate in our new study, which is the first of its kind in Australia.

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2022

Calls for employers to allow working from home as 75 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2022

The Hannah Clarke inquest reveals, yet again, significant system failures. Here's what's urgently needed for women's safety

In 2020 the killing of Hannah Clarke and her three children – Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3 – by her former partner Rowan Baxter, horrified the nation. It prompted significant calls for urgent action on violence against women and improved recognition of coercive control as a leading precursor…

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2022