A mural painted by a serial rapist in one of the most renowned parts of Sydney will be pulled down in the coming weeks following a renewed push for the artwork to be removed. The artwork, Brown Bear Lane, is situated in a side street off George Street in theContinue Reading
Amid a shocking series of gendered violence deaths this year, the Victorian government says it has directed $3.2bn of funding to women’s health and economic issues. According to the Counting Dead Women Australia project, at least 28 women have died in violent acts in 2024, 27 allegedly at the handsContinue Reading
Child sexual abuse survivor-advocate Harrison James would describe the last five months with one word: “mind-blowing”. In May, he and fellow survivor-advocate Jarad Grice launched Your Reference Ain’t Relevant, a campaign aimed at barring convicted child sexual abuse perpetrators from receiving “soft and inadequate sentences based on [the use of]Continue Reading
Australia could soon see a major overhaul of its sexual consent laws, with an inquiry examining a number of proposed changes to national legislation. Tuesday marked the start of three days of public hearings as part of a Senate inquiry into current and proposed sexual consent laws in Australia. AContinue Reading
Inside a Sydney warehouse, dozens of outfits are displayed across the walls. Pyjamas, baby clothes and a hi-vis workwear uniform are hung up, next to a piece of A4 paper that reveals the devastating story reason each item is there. Next to a wedding dress, its owner has written threeContinue Reading
“Why did I start dancing with him? Why did I leave my friend? If I ‘really didn’t want it’, then I would’ve physically stopped him.” These are the kind of intrusive questions that were levelled at Saxon Mullins during her five-year-long court battle in which the man she accused ofContinue Reading
A confronting video filmed by students at an Adelaide high school is part of a trend of violent incidents in the state’s school system. The shocking footage was filmed on the grounds of one of the state’s largest public schools, Mark Oliphant College, on Monday and quickly went viral onContinue Reading