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Domestic violence survivor Orly Lavee.

DV survivors like me suffer private harm. Don’t make it a public spectacle

Even well-intentioned media coverage of domestic violence can compound harm for those involved.

  • Orly Lavee

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Bec Zacharia (left) looks shocked as Tyson Gordon faces off with Laura Byrne, Brittany Hockley and Jules Lund on MAFS: After the Dinner Party, which screens on Stan.

Misogyny at first sight but I’m glad MAFS gave toxic Tyson a platform

Tyson would prefer a “submissive” woman but he’s far from alone. Many Gen Z males hold similar views, so we need to shine light on this regression.

  • Julia Baird
Scott Morrison. “as a former prime minister, his first duty, surely, should be to champion Australians, including Muslim-Australians.”

He didn’t hold a hose, but Morrison’s still happy to fan the flames

An incendiary speech by former prime minister Scott Morrison has reminded us that when it comes to matters of cultural sensitivity, he’s still a bulldozer.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Rachel Ward, in a still from the video.

Has Rachel Ward ‘let herself go’? No, she just looks her real age

The actor appeared on social media unfiltered, and the internet melted down. What’s wrong with ageing naturally?

  • Melissa Hoyer
What do we want to stand for as a nation?

We’re a great nation. Let’s remind ourselves why that is

Compared with much of the world, everything “just works” in Australia, right? No, it doesn’t. It’s up to us to make sure it keeps working.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
University students.

New laws aim to make Australian campuses safer

Universities have been forced to take action against gender-based sexual violence.

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Virgin Australia crew during an event earlier this year.

Why men don’t want to be flight attendants

In the early days of aviation, all flight attendants were male. Later, airlines determined “passengers overwhelmingly prefer pretty legs to beards”.

  • Amanda Hyde
Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka.

Why Sabalenka and Kyrgios’ battle of the sexes is an insult to women’s sport

Nick Kyrgios says he will defeat the women’s world No.1 on Sunday without having to try hard. But for Aryna Sabalenka, the match is a lose-lose.

  • Angela Pippos

Celebrities are becoming unrecognisable. The problem isn’t Ozempic

As reproductive rights are destroyed and female journalists are told to be “quiet, piggy” by the US president, is it a coincidence that women are quietly erasing themselves?

  • Julia Baird
Andrew Tate (right) and his brother Tristan.

How a manosphere star accused of rape and trafficking was freed

Facing serious charges, Andrew Tate was barred from leaving Romania. Then weeks after Donald Trump took office, an extraordinary order came down from the highest levels of the Romanian government.

  • Megan Twohey and Isabella Kwai