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Federal police employee charged with attempted murder

Federal police employee charged with attempted murder

A worker from the Australian Federal Police has been suspended from duty and charged with attempted murder after a violent incident.

PNG minister to be appointed after Australian arrest

PNG minister to be appointed after Australian arrest

PNG minister to be appointed after Australian arrest

PNG minister to be appointed after Australian arrest

Jimmy Maladina has stepped down as Papua New Guinea's petroleum minister as he faces domestic violence charges in Australia.

Online child sex abuser's house forfeited to government

Online child sex abuser's house forfeited to government

Online child sex abuser's house forfeited to government

Online child sex abuser's house forfeited to government

The home of an online child sex abuse offender has been forfeited to the government after he was convicted of possessing thousands of articles of abuse content.

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Online dating apps 'swipe right' on new safety code

Online dating apps 'swipe right' on new safety code

Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and eharmony are among popular online dating platforms to sign up to a voluntary industry code to crack down on sexual violence.

Pedo cop likely had more victims after 50 boys groomed

Pedo cop likely had more victims after 50 boys groomed

Former police officer Paul Reynolds likely groomed or sexually abused more than 50 boys over 30 years and concealed it through his status.

Cross-continent run to raise domestic violence dollars

Cross-continent run to raise domestic violence dollars

A woman who dribbled a soccer ball from the Gold Coast to Sydney has set her sights on an even bigger challenge to raise money for abuse survivors.

Coercive control, bail tweaks begin protecting women

Coercive control, bail tweaks begin protecting women

Almost two years after passing parliament, laws criminalising coercive control have taken affect in NSW in a nation-first move designed to protect women.

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Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Labor senator Fatima Payman has been iced out of a partyroom meeting as punishment for crossing the floor but remains unapologetic about her actions.

Flatmate arrested over woman's share house killing

Flatmate arrested over woman's share house killing

Flatmate arrested over woman's share house killing

Flatmate arrested over woman's share house killing

Police are speaking with the housemates of a woman stabbed to death at her share home as another assists police with inquiries over the killing.

Abused refugee women face additional hurdles

Abused refugee women face additional hurdles

Abused refugee women face additional hurdles

Abused refugee women face additional hurdles

Refugee women who experience domestic violence have added layers of fear in reporting it due to visa insecurity and language barriers, a study has found.

Bus driver accused of fatal crash abused outside court

Bus driver accused of fatal crash abused outside court

Bus driver accused of fatal crash abused outside court

Bus driver accused of fatal crash abused outside court

A bus driver has been abused while leaving court after being charged over a horror peak-hour crash that killed an 18-year-old woman in Brisbane's CBD.

Detective jailed for intercourse with sex crime victim

Detective jailed for intercourse with sex crime victim

Detective jailed for intercourse with sex crime victim

Detective jailed for intercourse with sex crime victim

A former police detective has been thrown behind bars for having intercourse with a vulnerable sex abuse victim while investigating her allegations.

Love denies bullying as MP quits the Nationals in tears

Love denies bullying as MP quits the Nationals in tears

Love denies bullying as MP quits the Nationals in tears

Love denies bullying as MP quits the Nationals in tears

WA Opposition Leader Shane Love has denied bullying his former Nationals colleague Louise Kingston.

Australians dabble with crime as cost of living bites

Australians dabble with crime as cost of living bites

Australians dabble with crime as cost of living bites

Australians dabble with crime as cost of living bites

Thefts of groceries and alcohol are increasing, with police citing the cost of living and high interest rates as factors turning non-offenders to crime.

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Women lumped with exes' debts after escaping abuse

Australian women are increasingly seeking help for financial abuse as partners lump them with crippling company tax debts.

'Bittersweet': truth-telling for abuse in state schools

A formal apology will be made to victims of sexual abuse in state-run schools in Victoria after the government conceded it failed to protect them.

Fresh insight into Australia's family violence killings

Research into a decade of sentencing judgements reveals the criminal pasts of many men who killed a current or former partner in Australia.

Concerns social media 'cesspit' is targeting young boys

Young boys struggling with what it means to be a man need positive role models online as they're targeted with harmful content, the eSafety commissioner says.

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Aboriginal victims of family violence wrongly arrested

A "huge influx" of Aboriginal women accused of violence have approached the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, who say police are arresting innocent mothers.

Women are reaching economic equality but femicide rises

Rising economic equality traditionally reduces gender-based violence but an expert fears this correlation may no longer be true in Australia. She explains why.

Post-pandemic surge in DV cases hitting the courts

The NSW court system is struggling in the post-pandemic period as pro take longer to finalise amid a rise in domestic violence cases.

Fake AI porn crackdown amid gendered violence crisis

New government legislation would see people who share digitally-altered sexual content online slapped with criminal penalties.

PM wants end to domestic violence but funding queried

Anthony Albanese says the rising rate of domestic violence is alarming, as a report found alcohol, gambling and pornography are some of its biggest drivers.

Family violence shake-up flagged but details scant

Victoria is moving to overhaul family violence laws, but won't follow other states in slapping ankle bracelets on serious offenders.

New hate speech laws in focus as social cohesion frays

The government is edging closer to finalising laws to better protect minorities from hate speech as a Jewish school is daubed with anti-Semitic graffiti.

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