Thousands of people with placards and banners rally demanding justice for women in Sydney, Monday, March 15, 2021, as the government reels from two separate allegations. The rally was one of several across Australia including in Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart calling out sexism, misogyny and dangerous workplace cultures.
Tens of Thousands of Australians Join #March4Justice Against Gender-Based Violence
Survivors and allies say enough is enough.
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Almost 2 million Australian adults have experienced at least one sexual assault since the age of 15. Ending violence against women by men will require education, a shift in harmful attitudes and widespread cultural reform from those in power. Join the movement and take action on this issue and more here.
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The government has unveiled its much-anticipated reforms to strengthen privacy safeguards for witnesses at the disability royal commission, almost 18 months after the inquiry commenced.
Advocates have been calling for the changes to the Royal Commission Act for more than a year, warning that a loophole that allows the identity of witnesses to be released after the conclusion of the commission will stop potential whistleblowers from coming forward.
Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General, Amanda Stoker, introduced the Royal Commissions Amendment (Protection of Information) Bill in the Senate on Wednesday afternoon.
If passed, the amendments will allow certain witnesses who disclose instances of violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation to have their identity sealed indefinitely.
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The intense public debate about the suicide of a woman and her allegations against federal Attorney-General Christian Porter is likely to produce not one, but two, public inquiries. For those friends who urged this course, this might be the end of the good news. Their wish has been granted but it is likely to be uphill from here.
Much has been said about one inquiry, the defamation action that Porter, who vehemently denies the claims, has taken against the ABC and its reporter Louise Milligan. While undoubtedly it will test the events the woman described in such disturbing detail, it will not be wide-ranging; the limits will be set by the truth or otherwise of the imputations and the meaning of words; it will be adversarial in nature. The woman’s family will be bit players.
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Yet he had the power to set the agenda. And he had the mandate to do that because Australia is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the 2018 committee report called for national law reform to address this national crisis of violence against women. Eileen Culleton at the March 4 Justice event in Mullumbimby on Monday, March 15, 2021. Picture: Liana Boss Women have had enough of the federal government s dismissive attitude to sexual assault crimes. So now I m calling on the Prime Minister Scott Morrison to step up and show leadership.