Dating app users who harass, threaten or share unwanted explicit photos could have their accounts terminated on multiple platforms in a “world leading” crackdown on online apps. About 75 per cent of online dating programs operating in Australia have signed onto the dating industry code, including Bumble, Grindr, RSVP andContinue Reading
Senior Labor and Nationals MPs have clashed in a fiery confrontation over Chinese-Australian relations. Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth and Nationals senate leader Bridget McKenzie squared off either side of referee-slash-television host Karl Stefanovic on Tuesday morning. Sparks flew over announcements and sideline events stemming from Chinese Premier Li Qiang’sContinue Reading
Shocking new research revealing how quickly young people can be exposed to extreme misogynistic content online has sparked a new national campaign urging parents to take more notice of what kids are consuming on social media. The federal government launched a new phase of the Stop It at the StartContinue Reading
The start of the new financial year is just around the corner, and as always there are a raft of big changes kicking in. “The end of the financial year always brings with it the opportunity to get your finances in order,” said Sarah Megginson, personal finance expert at comparisonContinue Reading
Parents have been urged to educate themselves about consent in order to teach their kids about it under a new national campaign that hopes to reduce Australia’s shocking rates of sexual violence. The Albanese Government has committed $40 million in funding to the initiative, announced on Sunday, which asks theContinue Reading
Western Australia’s top cop has defended how the force responded to the concerns raised by the wife and daughter of double-murderer Mark Bombara prior to the horrific murder of a mother and her teenage daughter. Mr Bombara, 62, shot Jennifer Petelczyc and her 18-year-old daughter Gretl dead in the leafyContinue Reading
A journalist, a former assistant police commissioner and a men’s health research director are among the group of experts tasked by the Albanese government to conduct a rapid review into how to best prevent violence against women and children. In the wake of a devastating spate of domestic and familyContinue Reading
Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has accused the Coalition of “misleading” the public over record migration as leaders leap to point the blame over who is responsible for housing shortages. Queensland Labor Premier Steven Miles has supported Peter Dutton’s proposal to slash Australia’s permanent migration intake down to 160,000 toContinue Reading
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget next week, as he again walks the tightrope of offering cost-of-living relief to struggling households without further fuelling inflation. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has declared inflation will be the “primary focus” of Tuesday’s budget, but the Treasurer later insisted it wouldContinue Reading
Like many Australians, Greens Senator Larissa Waters had hoped this week’s snap national cabinet meeting to discuss gender-based violence would mark a turning point in the way leaders have historically dealt with an issue that’s seen one woman die every four days this year. The alleged murders of Joan Drane,Continue Reading