Child abuse: the new Taliban tacticThere’s a rising number of domestic abuse cases in Afghanistan and the US military wonders if it is a new Taliban technique to help gain access to US military bases and gather intelligence, since military hospitals care for the wounded.
Domestic violence
Violence against women: Australia says “no, but…”
A new survey of Australian community attitudes around violence towards women has found far fewer think women who are raped “ask for it” — but many still think women hold some responsibility, says VicHealth CEO Todd Harper.
A third of Australia’s domestic violence victims are male
Contrary to popular wisdom, one in three victims of family violence in Australia are men, according to new ABS figures, prompting the launch of a new campaign called One in Three. But when will the Australian government catch up with the data?
We’d rather win a gold medal than let a doctor in
The famed citizenship pop quiz — with questions on Don Bradman and Cathy Freeman — has been scrapped for a test focusing on democracy and Australian law. But don’t fret sports nutes, athletes will get citizenship preferences. Ahem.
Anti-abuse ad batters women when no-one’s looking
Amnesty International has installed a new anti-domestic-abuse ad in Germany which uses an eye-tracking camera to sense when someone is looking at it — and when they’re looking away.
No to violence against women — but please stop bashing the men
It’s time Australia dealt with the reality of the problem, writes Michael Woods.
Dokic admits to beating Jelana
Damir Dokic is back in the headlines, admitting he beat tennis-star daughter Jelana… and also that he’s in the market for some rockets.
Eurovision TV songstress stands against domestic violence
Ukrainian singer Svetlana Loboda tells an interviewer she wants to use the Eurovision Song Contest as a platform for her message about domestic violence, pointing to the bruises on her face.
Number of men killed by women drops dramatically
Something I read in another blog sent me digging into the statistics on homicide between husbands and wives or other “intimates”, writes Jay Livingston. Fascinating.
Keira Knightley’s anti-violence advert banned
An anti-domestic violence advert starring Keira Knightley has been banned from British television after it was branded too violent by advertising censors.
Roxon’s ambassadors: homophobic, sexist and totally inappropriate
No Government should be entirely comfortable with such people as Warwick Marsh and Barry Williams as a representative of a taxpayer-funded program, writes Bernard Keane.
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Devine intervention misses the point on English
The methadone principle states that anything pleasurable will sooner or later become its opposite. Judged by a recent article by Miranda Devine, the cultural warriors of the right are reduced to sucking the cotton wool in the bottle cap.
