Latest items for Australia
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Ms Phillips said social media figures including Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist, were only reinforcing attitudes already felt by some men. 'We know that social media provided a new platform for promoting those types of gender stereotypes and misogynistic attitudes,' she said" (para 16-17).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Ms Phillips said social media figures including Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist, were only reinforcing attitudes already felt by some men. 'We know that social media provided a new platform for promoting those types of gender stereotypes and misogynistic attitudes,' she said" (para 16-17).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Elise Phillips, the deputy CEO of Domestic Violence NSW, said gender inequality was driving a crisis of male violence in Australia" (para 7).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Elise Phillips, the deputy CEO of Domestic Violence NSW, said gender inequality was driving a crisis of male violence in Australia" (para 7).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The reason why women in Australia are allegedly being killed by their partners in record numbers has been revealed amid a domestic violence crisis. Twenty-six women have been allegedly killed in Australia at the hands of their partners or former partners so far this year, 12 more than this time last year. The body of teaching assistant Molly Ticehurst, 28, was found inside a home in Forbes, 370km west of Sydney, just before 2am on Monday. Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges. Just 36 hours later the body of Emma...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The reason why women in Australia are allegedly being killed by their partners in record numbers has been revealed amid a domestic violence crisis. Twenty-six women have been allegedly killed in Australia at the hands of their partners or former partners so far this year, 12 more than this time last year. The body of teaching assistant Molly Ticehurst, 28, was found inside a home in Forbes, 370km west of Sydney, just before 2am on Monday. Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges. Just 36 hours later the body of Emma...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges" (para 4).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges" (para 4).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges" (para 4). This implies that stalking and sexual harassment are against the law (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges" (para 4). This implies that stalking and sexual harassment are against the law (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1
"'It's also the inequity we see in relation to pay and the roles that we play in our families, how we divide up care of children and looking after the home'" (para 9).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1
"'It's also the inequity we see in relation to pay and the roles that we play in our families, how we divide up care of children and looking after the home'" (para 9).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Ms Phillips said the domestic and family violence sector is 'extremely' underfunded with Domestic Violence NSW calling for a 20 per cent increase to funding. 'That's a minimum of $145million a year that's required just to be able to have a hope of meeting the current demand,' she said. 'We're also asking for $100million over four years in NSW for primary prevention. We are suggesting that $40million be spent in the next year and $20million each year for the three years following to invest in prevention initiatives in NSW" (para 23-25). "According to the equity economics report, 7600 women and their children returned to live with the perpetrator because they...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Ms Phillips said the domestic and family violence sector is 'extremely' underfunded with Domestic Violence NSW calling for a 20 per cent increase to funding. 'That's a minimum of $145million a year that's required just to be able to have a hope of meeting the current demand,' she said. 'We're also asking for $100million over four years in NSW for primary prevention. We are suggesting that $40million be spent in the next year and $20million each year for the three years following to invest in prevention initiatives in NSW" (para 23-25). "According to the equity economics report, 7600 women and their children returned to live with the perpetrator because they...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"The reason why women in Australia are allegedly being killed by their partners in record numbers has been revealed amid a domestic violence crisis. Twenty-six women have been allegedly killed in Australia at the hands of their partners or former partners so far this year, 12 more than this time last year" (para 1-2). "Many people experienced domestic violence for the first time during the pandemic, she said. 'We saw people who were already experiencing domestic and family violence note an increase in the severity, the frequency and the complexity of what they were dealing with,' she said" (para 21-22). "2 in 5 women in Australia, almost 40 per cent,...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"The reason why women in Australia are allegedly being killed by their partners in record numbers has been revealed amid a domestic violence crisis. Twenty-six women have been allegedly killed in Australia at the hands of their partners or former partners so far this year, 12 more than this time last year" (para 1-2). "Many people experienced domestic violence for the first time during the pandemic, she said. 'We saw people who were already experiencing domestic and family violence note an increase in the severity, the frequency and the complexity of what they were dealing with,' she said" (para 21-22). "2 in 5 women in Australia, almost 40 per cent,...more
Feb. 7, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-LAW-3
"Cross-examination, where defence lawyers question complainants, is widely known as the most traumatic and combative part of a trial, particularly for sexual assault complainants. The report found some barristers opened their questioning with deliberately confronting questions to 'rattle' complainants – others used 'ambush' style tactics. 'It is likely that the unpredictability of what complainants may encounter continues to be a significant contributor to complainant anxiety and distress when confronting the ordeal of giving evidence in court,' the report’s authors said" (para 15-17). This implies that the woman's testimony does count in court (ELW - CODER COMMENT). "The study found 'flirtatious' behaviour on pub CCTV, substance addiction, mental illness, criminal conviction...more
Variables: LRW-LAW-3
"Cross-examination, where defence lawyers question complainants, is widely known as the most traumatic and combative part of a trial, particularly for sexual assault complainants. The report found some barristers opened their questioning with deliberately confronting questions to 'rattle' complainants – others used 'ambush' style tactics. 'It is likely that the unpredictability of what complainants may encounter continues to be a significant contributor to complainant anxiety and distress when confronting the ordeal of giving evidence in court,' the report’s authors said" (para 15-17). This implies that the woman's testimony does count in court (ELW - CODER COMMENT). "The study found 'flirtatious' behaviour on pub CCTV, substance addiction, mental illness, criminal conviction...more
Feb. 7, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Consent laws do not require a person to physically fight off unwanted sexual contact" (para 10).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Consent laws do not require a person to physically fight off unwanted sexual contact" (para 10).
Feb. 7, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Sexual assault trials across NSW are permeated by outdated myths and stereotypes about how 'genuine victims' should act, dress, and fight off their attackers, exposing complainants to caustic and distressing court hearings, research has found" (para 1). The table titled "Sexual assault myths in NSW trials" shows the frequency with which certain topics were raised in cross examinations in the 75 sexual assault trials reviewed in a report from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Mention of a 'dealyed' or 'incomplete' complaint came up in 84% of trails while 53% of them mentioned a failure to physically resist alleged attack, and 53% of them brought up a failure to...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Sexual assault trials across NSW are permeated by outdated myths and stereotypes about how 'genuine victims' should act, dress, and fight off their attackers, exposing complainants to caustic and distressing court hearings, research has found" (para 1). The table titled "Sexual assault myths in NSW trials" shows the frequency with which certain topics were raised in cross examinations in the 75 sexual assault trials reviewed in a report from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Mention of a 'dealyed' or 'incomplete' complaint came up in 84% of trails while 53% of them mentioned a failure to physically resist alleged attack, and 53% of them brought up a failure to...more
Feb. 7, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Statistics show only an estimated 16 per cent of Australians who experienced sexual violence in 2021-22 contacted police within 12 months, and more than one-third of recent rape trials ended with a guilty verdict" (para 30).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Statistics show only an estimated 16 per cent of Australians who experienced sexual violence in 2021-22 contacted police within 12 months, and more than one-third of recent rape trials ended with a guilty verdict" (para 30).
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"One Australian state has introduced new sexual consent laws, which now includes defining the act of 'stealthing' as rape and tougher sentences for offenders. Queensland's revised laws came into force on Monday, which aim to improve 'the experience' of victims of sexual offences when they're ready to make the brave decision to come forward and file a complaint. Among the reforms is that the act of 'stealthing' is now a criminal offence - which can result in a maximum sentence of life behind bars, Yahoo reported. 'Stealthing' is when a sexual partner secretly removes a condom during sex without the knowledge and consent of the other party involved. The recognition...more
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"One Australian state has introduced new sexual consent laws, which now includes defining the act of 'stealthing' as rape and tougher sentences for offenders. Queensland's revised laws came into force on Monday, which aim to improve 'the experience' of victims of sexual offences when they're ready to make the brave decision to come forward and file a complaint. Among the reforms is that the act of 'stealthing' is now a criminal offence - which can result in a maximum sentence of life behind bars, Yahoo reported. 'Stealthing' is when a sexual partner secretly removes a condom during sex without the knowledge and consent of the other party involved. The recognition...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Among the reforms is that the act of 'stealthing' is now a criminal offence - which can result in a maximum sentence of life behind bars, Yahoo reported. 'Stealthing' is when a sexual partner secretly removes a condom during sex without the knowledge and consent of the other party involved" (para 3-4). These reforms took place in the state of Queensland (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Among the reforms is that the act of 'stealthing' is now a criminal offence - which can result in a maximum sentence of life behind bars, Yahoo reported. 'Stealthing' is when a sexual partner secretly removes a condom during sex without the knowledge and consent of the other party involved" (para 3-4). These reforms took place in the state of Queensland (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The reform were introduced after Queensland, along with NSW, saw the sharpest rise of sexual assault victims recorded in 2023, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Queensland had a 14 per cent yearly increase to 1,011 victims, while NSW sexual assault victims rose by 19 per cent to 2,296. Nationwide, there was an astonishing 35,138 victims. Women represented 84 per cent - or 30,466 - of victims nationwide" (para 19-22).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The reform were introduced after Queensland, along with NSW, saw the sharpest rise of sexual assault victims recorded in 2023, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Queensland had a 14 per cent yearly increase to 1,011 victims, while NSW sexual assault victims rose by 19 per cent to 2,296. Nationwide, there was an astonishing 35,138 victims. Women represented 84 per cent - or 30,466 - of victims nationwide" (para 19-22).
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The 24-hour sexual assault response team in Townsville will been extended and expanded to two more locations" (para 18).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The 24-hour sexual assault response team in Townsville will been extended and expanded to two more locations" (para 18).
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce's final Hear Her Voice report recommended 188 law reforms, including an overhaul of consent laws. The new bill was developed in consultation with many stakeholders, including sexual violence bodies. The Queensland government will spend $225million implementing the recommendations, including major IT upgrade in 81 courts across the state to help with victim testimony" (para 15-17).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce's final Hear Her Voice report recommended 188 law reforms, including an overhaul of consent laws. The new bill was developed in consultation with many stakeholders, including sexual violence bodies. The Queensland government will spend $225million implementing the recommendations, including major IT upgrade in 81 courts across the state to help with victim testimony" (para 15-17).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"For many National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, a federal government decision means they can no longer access sexual services funding under the system, or they could risk financial pressure. Sydneysider Oliver Morton-Evans says this decision has been "deeply disappointing" for many who live with a disability, including himself. "Now, only those who are financially well-off in the disability community can afford this service by paying out of pocket," he said. One of the most common stereotypes that Mr Morton-Evans comes up against is the assumption that people with a disability aren't sexual beings. What he knows firsthand though is that intimacy and sex can be integral to identity and...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"For many National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, a federal government decision means they can no longer access sexual services funding under the system, or they could risk financial pressure. Sydneysider Oliver Morton-Evans says this decision has been "deeply disappointing" for many who live with a disability, including himself. "Now, only those who are financially well-off in the disability community can afford this service by paying out of pocket," he said. One of the most common stereotypes that Mr Morton-Evans comes up against is the assumption that people with a disability aren't sexual beings. What he knows firsthand though is that intimacy and sex can be integral to identity and...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"For many National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, a federal government decision means they can no longer access sexual services funding under the system, or they could risk financial pressure" (Para 1).
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"For many National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, a federal government decision means they can no longer access sexual services funding under the system, or they could risk financial pressure" (Para 1).
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. 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: 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: 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. 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. 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: 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. 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: 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).