Latest items for Australia
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year), politicians, experts, frontline workers and survivor advocates gathered for 'crisis talks', dedicated national cabinet meetings, a 'rapid review' of prevention efforts, and most notably took to the streets alongside tens of thousands of everyday Australians for another historic 'Women’s March'" (10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year), politicians, experts, frontline workers and survivor advocates gathered for 'crisis talks', dedicated national cabinet meetings, a 'rapid review' of prevention efforts, and most notably took to the streets alongside tens of thousands of everyday Australians for another historic 'Women’s March'" (10).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Australian Femicide Watch… was founded by the journalist and researcher Sherele Moody" (para 2).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Australian Femicide Watch… was founded by the journalist and researcher Sherele Moody" (para 2).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Janice [femicide victim] was the first woman to be allegedly killed this year of a total of 98 so far, according to Australian Femicide Watch" (para 2). "[Elisabeth Armitage, the Northern Territory coroner's] report found that 87 women have been killed by their domestic partners since 2000 in the Northern Territory and at least 82 of those women were Aboriginal" (6). "It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year)" (10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Janice [femicide victim] was the first woman to be allegedly killed this year of a total of 98 so far, according to Australian Femicide Watch" (para 2). "[Elisabeth Armitage, the Northern Territory coroner's] report found that 87 women have been killed by their domestic partners since 2000 in the Northern Territory and at least 82 of those women were Aboriginal" (6). "It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year)" (10).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"This year [2024] has also seen Australia pause to mark the 50th anniversary of several landmark moments in its now five decades-long struggle to eradicate men’s violence against women. This included the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Elsie, Australia’s first domestic violence refuge, in March, and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Sydney rape crisis centre in October, Australia’s first (9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"This year [2024] has also seen Australia pause to mark the 50th anniversary of several landmark moments in its now five decades-long struggle to eradicate men’s violence against women. This included the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Elsie, Australia’s first domestic violence refuge, in March, and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Sydney rape crisis centre in October, Australia’s first (9).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[Elisabeth Armitage, the Northern Territory coroner's] report found that 87 women have been killed by their domestic partners since 2000 in the Northern Territory and at least 82 of those women were Aboriginal" (6). "It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year)" (10).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[Elisabeth Armitage, the Northern Territory coroner's] report found that 87 women have been killed by their domestic partners since 2000 in the Northern Territory and at least 82 of those women were Aboriginal" (6). "It was revealed that the murder rate had escalated (indeed, in April the Australian Institute of Criminology released the latest findings from the national homicide monitoring program which found that the intimate partner homicide rate had increased by 28% in a single year)" (10).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Outspoken billionaire Elon Musk has warned Australians about the nation's declining birth and fertility rate" (para 1). "Responding to the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, Musk wrote: 'Birth rates continue to plummet. Population collapse is coming.' Musk, a father of 12, has been warning for years about declining birth rates in developed nations, and said the trend poses a significant risk to humanity. 'Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming,' he said in 2022" (para 5-7). "Then-treasurer Peter Costello urged families to 'have one for mum, one for dad and one for the country'. Australia's fertility rate fell below the...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Outspoken billionaire Elon Musk has warned Australians about the nation's declining birth and fertility rate" (para 1). "Responding to the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, Musk wrote: 'Birth rates continue to plummet. Population collapse is coming.' Musk, a father of 12, has been warning for years about declining birth rates in developed nations, and said the trend poses a significant risk to humanity. 'Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming,' he said in 2022" (para 5-7). "Then-treasurer Peter Costello urged families to 'have one for mum, one for dad and one for the country'. Australia's fertility rate fell below the...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"Despite Australia's fertility rate plummeting to a record low, the government is not considering a revival of the baby bonus. 'It's not something that we've been discussing. I'm interested, obviously, in the figures,' deputy prime minister Richard Marles told Seven's Sunrise program on Thursday. 'We want to do what we can to make it easier for families and couples to have children and we are doing that. It is important that we have a sustainable birth rate.' The baby bonus was set up by the Howard government and gave $3000 lump sum payments to new parents of children born from July 2004" (para 18-21).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"Despite Australia's fertility rate plummeting to a record low, the government is not considering a revival of the baby bonus. 'It's not something that we've been discussing. I'm interested, obviously, in the figures,' deputy prime minister Richard Marles told Seven's Sunrise program on Thursday. 'We want to do what we can to make it easier for families and couples to have children and we are doing that. It is important that we have a sustainable birth rate.' The baby bonus was set up by the Howard government and gave $3000 lump sum payments to new parents of children born from July 2004" (para 18-21).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"Then-treasurer Peter Costello urged families to 'have one for mum, one for dad and one for the country'" (para 22).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
"Then-treasurer Peter Costello urged families to 'have one for mum, one for dad and one for the country'" (para 22).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"There were 286,998 births registered in Australia in 2023, a 4.6 per cent decrease from the 300,684 registered in 2022, representing a fertility rate of 1.5 babies per woman, also down from a previous low of 1.6 in 2022. It was the lowest number of births since 2006, when Australia was home to seven million fewer people than today's 27.1 million population tally" (para 3-4). Table 1, titled "Total fertility rate - 1935 to 2023" with the caption "Australia's fertility rate has been declining since hitting a peak of 3.5 babies per mother in 1961," shows a steady increase in the fertility rate from 1935 to 1961. After 1961, it...more
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"There were 286,998 births registered in Australia in 2023, a 4.6 per cent decrease from the 300,684 registered in 2022, representing a fertility rate of 1.5 babies per woman, also down from a previous low of 1.6 in 2022. It was the lowest number of births since 2006, when Australia was home to seven million fewer people than today's 27.1 million population tally" (para 3-4). Table 1, titled "Total fertility rate - 1935 to 2023" with the caption "Australia's fertility rate has been declining since hitting a peak of 3.5 babies per mother in 1961," shows a steady increase in the fertility rate from 1935 to 1961. After 1961, it...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"'In the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 18 times more likely to be the victims of domestic and sexual violence,' she [the prime minister for prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence] told reporters. 'They are also 40 times more likely to end up in hospital as a result of that violence ... we really welcome that new focus" (para 26-27).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"'In the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 18 times more likely to be the victims of domestic and sexual violence,' she [the prime minister for prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence] told reporters. 'They are also 40 times more likely to end up in hospital as a result of that violence ... we really welcome that new focus" (para 26-27).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Survivor advocate Lula Dembele delivered an impassioned speech at the event on Monday with tears running down her face as she called on Australia to do better" (para 2). "Women's Safety Minister Amanda Rishworth said the national plan could be broken down into four key planks - prevention, early intervention, response and healing and recovery. 'We know if we don't focus on these areas equally, then we won't see an end to violence against women and children,' she told reporters...Ms Rishworth said there needed to be a change in conversations surrounding domestic and family violence" (para 13-16). "'It's encouraging all Australian governments have backed the plan and its ambitious target...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Survivor advocate Lula Dembele delivered an impassioned speech at the event on Monday with tears running down her face as she called on Australia to do better" (para 2). "Women's Safety Minister Amanda Rishworth said the national plan could be broken down into four key planks - prevention, early intervention, response and healing and recovery. 'We know if we don't focus on these areas equally, then we won't see an end to violence against women and children,' she told reporters...Ms Rishworth said there needed to be a change in conversations surrounding domestic and family violence" (para 13-16). "'It's encouraging all Australian governments have backed the plan and its ambitious target...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"The decade-long plan, labelled the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, was unveiled by the federal government on Monday at Monash University in Melbourne" (para 5).
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"The decade-long plan, labelled the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, was unveiled by the federal government on Monday at Monash University in Melbourne" (para 5).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Statistics show one woman dies at the hands of her former or current partner in Australia every 10 days" (para 19).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"Statistics show one woman dies at the hands of her former or current partner in Australia every 10 days" (para 19).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"The decade-long plan, labelled the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 was unveiled by the federal government" (para 5).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"The decade-long plan, labelled the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 was unveiled by the federal government" (para 5).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"Statistics show one woman dies at the hands of her former or current partner in Australia every 10 days. One in three women has experienced physical violence and one in five has suffered sexual violence" (para 19-20). The high rates of death and general violence to women by their partners seems to indicate that enforcement on the action plan is lacking (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"Statistics show one woman dies at the hands of her former or current partner in Australia every 10 days. One in three women has experienced physical violence and one in five has suffered sexual violence" (para 19-20). The high rates of death and general violence to women by their partners seems to indicate that enforcement on the action plan is lacking (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4
"Women's Safety Minister Amanda Rishworth said the national plan could be broken down into four key planks - prevention, early intervention, response and healing and recovery" (para 13). "'It's encouraging all Australian governments have backed the plan and its ambitious target to end gender-based violence within a generation,' National Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins said" (para 23). "NT minister for prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence Kate Worden said the plan's focus on protecting Indigenous women was vital" (para 25).
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4
"Women's Safety Minister Amanda Rishworth said the national plan could be broken down into four key planks - prevention, early intervention, response and healing and recovery" (para 13). "'It's encouraging all Australian governments have backed the plan and its ambitious target to end gender-based violence within a generation,' National Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins said" (para 23). "NT minister for prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence Kate Worden said the plan's focus on protecting Indigenous women was vital" (para 25).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"One in three women has experienced physical violence and one in five has suffered sexual violence" (para 20).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"One in three women has experienced physical violence and one in five has suffered sexual violence" (para 20).
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Ms Rishworth said there needed to be a change in conversations surrounding domestic and family violence. 'How often do you hear, for example, people say 'why didn't she leave?' I mean, the more important question is, 'why does he choose to use violence against her?' she said. 'We do need to promote more respectful relationships. We do need to actually increase gender equality. All of these things play a role in actually addressing violence against women and children.'" (para 16-18).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Ms Rishworth said there needed to be a change in conversations surrounding domestic and family violence. 'How often do you hear, for example, people say 'why didn't she leave?' I mean, the more important question is, 'why does he choose to use violence against her?' she said. 'We do need to promote more respectful relationships. We do need to actually increase gender equality. All of these things play a role in actually addressing violence against women and children.'" (para 16-18).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Dec. 13, 2024, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"In a historical first three men have faced court charged with arranging a forced marriage between two teenagers, one aged between 13 and 15 years and the other aged 17. It is alleged the two children in Western Australia wanted to date each other but were told by relatives that for cultural reasons, they would have to be married first. Three men - one related to the girl and the other two to the boy - faced Perth's Magistrates Court on Friday accused of forcing a person into a marriage after allegedly facilitating a religious wedding ceremony for the pair last year. Forced marriage has been illegal in Australia since...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"In a historical first three men have faced court charged with arranging a forced marriage between two teenagers, one aged between 13 and 15 years and the other aged 17. It is alleged the two children in Western Australia wanted to date each other but were told by relatives that for cultural reasons, they would have to be married first. Three men - one related to the girl and the other two to the boy - faced Perth's Magistrates Court on Friday accused of forcing a person into a marriage after allegedly facilitating a religious wedding ceremony for the pair last year. Forced marriage has been illegal in Australia since...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MARR-LAW-1
"Forced marriage has been illegal in Australia since 2013" (para 4). "If found guilty the men face a maximum penalty of nine years in jail" (para 7). "Forced marriage can apply to legally recognised marriage, cultural or religious ceremonies that occur in Australia or where a person is taken overseas to be married" (para 12).
Variables: MARR-LAW-1
"Forced marriage has been illegal in Australia since 2013" (para 4). "If found guilty the men face a maximum penalty of nine years in jail" (para 7). "Forced marriage can apply to legally recognised marriage, cultural or religious ceremonies that occur in Australia or where a person is taken overseas to be married" (para 12).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"The legal marriage age in Australia is 18 but a child aged upwards from 16 can marry with a court's consent" (para 6).
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"The legal marriage age in Australia is 18 but a child aged upwards from 16 can marry with a court's consent" (para 6).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:27 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-2
"Defence estimates about 60 per cent of sexual assaults go unreported, with almost 800 recorded during the past five years" (para 19).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-2
"Defence estimates about 60 per cent of sexual assaults go unreported, with almost 800 recorded during the past five years" (para 19).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:27 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"'Sexual misconduct remains a systemic issue for the ADF,'' the report reads. 'This has been the case for decades, and it will continue unless the ADF commits to deep, systemic reform.' Ex-serving women died by suicide at twice the rate of the general female population" (para 11-13).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"'Sexual misconduct remains a systemic issue for the ADF,'' the report reads. 'This has been the case for decades, and it will continue unless the ADF commits to deep, systemic reform.' Ex-serving women died by suicide at twice the rate of the general female population" (para 11-13).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:27 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-3
"Defence force personnel convicted of sexual crimes under the military justice system remained in service, with the ADF not knowing how many of its members had been convicted in civilian courts - even if the offending was against another defence member. The inquiry found when members were convicted of sexual offences under the military justice system, they were not transferred to civilian court records" (para 4-5). "Some victims did not report sexual violence out of fear of damaging their career advancement prospects or being ostracised, the inquiry found. Even when reports of sexual assault were substantiated, 'systemic weaknesses' might expose victims to ongoing risk, including being posted to the same...more
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-3
"Defence force personnel convicted of sexual crimes under the military justice system remained in service, with the ADF not knowing how many of its members had been convicted in civilian courts - even if the offending was against another defence member. The inquiry found when members were convicted of sexual offences under the military justice system, they were not transferred to civilian court records" (para 4-5). "Some victims did not report sexual violence out of fear of damaging their career advancement prospects or being ostracised, the inquiry found. Even when reports of sexual assault were substantiated, 'systemic weaknesses' might expose victims to ongoing risk, including being posted to the same...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"One woman in Australia dies at the hands of a former or current partner every 10 days, and police deal with an average of 5000 domestic violence incidents each week" (para 20).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"One woman in Australia dies at the hands of a former or current partner every 10 days, and police deal with an average of 5000 domestic violence incidents each week" (para 20).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4
"Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said the reforms are fundamental in reducing violence against women across society" (para 15).
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4
"Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said the reforms are fundamental in reducing violence against women across society" (para 15).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"Workers being able to access their full pay rate while on domestic and family violence leave is being touted as a game-changer. The new laws come into effect on Wednesday and give full-time, part-time and casual workers up to 10 days of paid leave. The new arrangements will cover at least seven million workers, expanding the five days of unpaid domestic violence leave they're currently entitled to" (para 1-3).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"Workers being able to access their full pay rate while on domestic and family violence leave is being touted as a game-changer. The new laws come into effect on Wednesday and give full-time, part-time and casual workers up to 10 days of paid leave. The new arrangements will cover at least seven million workers, expanding the five days of unpaid domestic violence leave they're currently entitled to" (para 1-3).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"One woman in Australia dies at the hands of a former or current partner every 10 days, and police deal with an average of 5000 domestic violence incidents each week. It's estimated one in five women have taken time off due to violence from a previous partner, and one in 11 due to a current one" (para 20-21).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"One woman in Australia dies at the hands of a former or current partner every 10 days, and police deal with an average of 5000 domestic violence incidents each week. It's estimated one in five women have taken time off due to violence from a previous partner, and one in 11 due to a current one" (para 20-21).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Gold, cash, property, cars and women’s salaries are being demanded by the families of some grooms in the South Asian-Australian community, despite dowries being banned in India. Demands for gifts 'were continuous and abusive, including instances of sexual extortion', research on Australia’s community of Indian and South Asian people has found" (para 1-2). "A 2018 Senate inquiry into dowry abuse heard it had resulted in violence, extortion and a spate of suicides and murders" (para 19).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Gold, cash, property, cars and women’s salaries are being demanded by the families of some grooms in the South Asian-Australian community, despite dowries being banned in India. Demands for gifts 'were continuous and abusive, including instances of sexual extortion', research on Australia’s community of Indian and South Asian people has found" (para 1-2). "A 2018 Senate inquiry into dowry abuse heard it had resulted in violence, extortion and a spate of suicides and murders" (para 19).