Frontline and legal services supporting women and children experiencing domestic violence have been given extra funding to address the national crisis. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a $4.7 billion package to fund services following a national cabinet meeting in Canberra on Friday. “We know that a nationally co-ordinated approach is required to address this national … Read more
Booting a transgender woman from an exclusive app for being insufficiently female constitutes unlawful discrimination, an Australian judge has found in a landmark gender-identity case. The Giggle for Girls app and its founder Sall Grover were on Friday ordered to pay $10,000 in compensation and legal costs to a user kicked off the women-only platform. … Read more
Margie and Gary* couldn’t have children of their own but they had love and a safe place to offer — so they became foster carers. Across 30 years of fostering in the Northern Territory and South Australia, the couple have provided emergency accommodation and respite for more than 300 children in child protection. Margie said … Read more
Year 10 student Roya Sharifi said she’s already faced a lot of sexism in her young life, some of which she attributes to social media and the likes of Andrew Tate. When she joined a female-dominated robotics club at her school, members of other clubs remarked they would not achieve anything amazing because “they’re girls”. … Read more
Reported cases of human trafficking increased by 12 per cent last financial year, Australian Federal Police data reveals. That included 109 reports of human trafficking, 91 of forced marriage, 69 of forced labour, 59 of sexual exploitation, four of slavery and one report of organ trafficking. The AFP attributed the significant rise in reporting in … Read more
Police have charged a 64-year-old Victorian man with assault after he allegedly attacked a group wearing Palestinian keffiyehs in an Adelaide hotel. Aboud Shaweesh was among the group of six allegedly hit just after midnight on July 6 at the Franklin Apartments. He alleged that as he and his friends walked into the hotel elevator, … Read more
The South Australian Opposition is calling for the state’s child protection minister to be sacked and a dedicated portfolio to be established following “harrowing” data on offences committed against children in state care. A total of 49 people were charged with sexual offences against children in state care between March 2022 and May 2024, one … Read more
Children as young as three years old are being referred to a gender diversity clinic, prompting a South Australian MP to call for an independent review of gender dysphoria treatment. The Women’s and Children Hospital reported three children aged between three and five years old were seen by its services between March 2022 and March … Read more
Australian women are being lumped with their abusive partners’ crippling debts as financial services field increasing calls for help. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is frequently being roped into situations in which men put their company tax debts into their current or ex-partners’ names, UNSW researchers revealed on Wednesday. Women often discovered the debts, linked … Read more
A group of homeless men living in tents behind a Salvation Army office in Adelaide’s northeast are being forced to move on — but there is nowhere else for them to go, with homeless shelters full across the city. Peter Woodforde is one of the four men living in a gazebo behind the office on … Read more
