A review of Australia’s strategy to prevent violence against women and children found that it has long downplayed drivers such as substance abuse and gambling.
After another inquiry cleared the APY Art Centre Collective of wrongdoing in the ‘white hands’ saga, it can be revealed that the scandal contributed to the resignation of the National Gallery’s head curator of First Nations art.
Two years into the decade-long national plan to end gendered violence, key reviews released this week have highlighted significant shortfalls in the strategy.
Villagers in Uruzgan alleged foreign forces burnt five men to death after tying their hands, with some saying the soldiers responsible were Australian.
Giving evidence in Linda Reynolds’ defamation trial, Scott Morrison says he doesn’t remember the details of the review he commissioned into Brittany Higgins’s rape but says Reynolds suffered as a result of prolonged ‘attacks’.
A case before the High Court next week, concerning the conduct of a judge who jailed a man for contempt, will determine how much immunity some judges can claim from allegations of misconduct.
Four years ago, the author sued the Australian government to draw attention to the climate crisis. Now, she says the law can not do enough and the only way to effect the necessary change is to break it.
EXCLUSIVE: In a rare interview, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody backs calls for domestic violence to be treated the same way as terrorism, and says the national plan needs to go further.
For decades the regulator that is supposed to protect Australians from corporate misconduct has been accused of ignoring major breaches. Now the treasurer faces calls to break up the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
