Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on men in Australia to challenge high rates of domestic violence and abuse following a horrifying spike in the number of women killed by family violence this year. He marked International Day to Elimination of Violence Against Women by declaring “there is no timeContinue Reading
A push by Labor to unblock a legislative backlog in the Senate this week has failed with the government only able to pass two non-contentious amendments of its own through the upper house. A senior government spokesperson accused the Greens and the Coalition of deploying “cynical procedural tactics” to delayContinue Reading
Chaos has ensued after Pauline Hanson refused to apologise over “repugnant” comments made towards Australian Greens Senator Maureen Faruqi, sparking a heated debate over racism and misconduct. The One Nation leader was called on to withdraw remarks she made during a debate on Monday about wanting to “drive” the NSWContinue Reading
The government has refused to commit to pay superannuation on paid parental leave despite a new 10-year plan from the government’s own gender pay equity task force recommending the measure. Released on Monday, the final report from the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) recommended systemic changes designed to close theContinue Reading
Parents will soon be able to share in up to six months of paid parental leave, but the government has knocked back calls from its own taskforce to pay superannuation on the support measure. Under the proposed laws being introduced to parliament on Thursday, families will have shared access toContinue Reading
Parents will soon be able to share in up to six months of paid parental leave, but the government has knocked back calls from its own taskforce to pay superannuation on the support measure. Under the proposed laws being introduced to parliament on Thursday, families will have shared access toContinue Reading
Peter Dutton says he has no regrets after suspending David Van from the Liberal party room, confirming he was aware of another allegation levelled against the senator. The Opposition Leader sent Senator Van to the crossbench after former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker alleged he groped her by “squeezing my bottomContinue Reading
A legal stoush between federal MP Monique Ryan and political staffer Sally Rugg is not necessarily linked to current Parliament House staff workload issues, a government minister has said. Ms Rugg has taken her boss and the Commonwealth of Australia to the federal court, claiming she was unlawfully dismissed. TheContinue Reading
A fresh push for reforms to make the criminal justice system more accessible to alleged victims of sexual assault is needed in the wake of the decision to drop the retrial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins, the Greens say. Bruce Lehrmann, who pleaded not guilty to aContinue Reading