Claudia Long

Leading family violence advocates call for children to be directly involved in designing policy, and urgent investment in support services and training in an effort to prevent child abuse.

The federal government has quietly delayed plans to introduce local content requirements for major streaming platforms, with no indication of when it might return to work on the policy.

Senators found many medical students get just an hour of training in the subject despite half the country going through it at some stage.

It follows recommendations from the royal commission into veteran suicides to investigate the impact of sexual violence within the ADF more broadly.

Social media ban for children to be introduced this year, but age limit undetermined

The federal government calls on the states and territories to step up efforts to reduce domestic, sexual and family violence, ahead of more funds being delivered to address the issue.

Some of Australia's most prestigious universities have offered 2025 places to international students that are now uncertain under new caps to be imposed by the federal government.

An expert panel examining how to best prevent violence against women and children has called on alcohol, gambling and porn companies to be more proactive in tackling the crisis. 

Experts are urging the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commission to appoint an Aboriginal family violence commissioner 

The federal government has reached an agreement with the states and territories over plans to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), putting an end to a prolonged stalemate.