Latest items for Australia
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The beating of women, especially on a Friday night after a drunk husband returned from the pub, was so common it was scarcely talked about. It certainly wasn't an issue the media thought worth covering. On the first day of Elsie, an ABC reporter asked me to agree that 'nagging wives' often brought this on themselves. The police called them 'domestics' and only interfered if things looked like they might get 'out of hand'" (para 42-43).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The beating of women, especially on a Friday night after a drunk husband returned from the pub, was so common it was scarcely talked about. It certainly wasn't an issue the media thought worth covering. On the first day of Elsie, an ABC reporter asked me to agree that 'nagging wives' often brought this on themselves. The police called them 'domestics' and only interfered if things looked like they might get 'out of hand'" (para 42-43).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"Other women suffer similarly vicious and career-threathening abuse" (para 48).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"Other women suffer similarly vicious and career-threathening abuse" (para 48).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"By late 2022, the four major banks had blocked more than 500,000 such messages from 300,000 unique customer accounts. As a result, more than 3000 customers were issued warning letters, had their online banking suspended or their accounts cancelled" (para 33). "Within the past four years all the banks have taken steps to address this abuse, blocking offensive messages. Some now use artificial intelligence to search for inappropriate language in the transfers. The Commonwealth Bank's automatic filter has blocked a million offensive messages since 2020 and its model detects 1500 high-risk cases annually" (para 34).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"By late 2022, the four major banks had blocked more than 500,000 such messages from 300,000 unique customer accounts. As a result, more than 3000 customers were issued warning letters, had their online banking suspended or their accounts cancelled" (para 33). "Within the past four years all the banks have taken steps to address this abuse, blocking offensive messages. Some now use artificial intelligence to search for inappropriate language in the transfers. The Commonwealth Bank's automatic filter has blocked a million offensive messages since 2020 and its model detects 1500 high-risk cases annually" (para 34).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"'[W]hat we define as gendered crime, and in particular family violence, will only continue to grow as the recognition of coercive control spreads across Australia,' the assistant commissioner of Victoria Police's Family Violence Command, Lauren Callaway, told a conference in Hobart last year" (para 8). "Fitzpatrick, who instigated the analysis while at Commonwealth Bank, says she herself read 900 messages sent with one cent payments, with notes such as 'I'm standing out the front' or 'I'm going to kill you'" (para 32). "'[E]x-partners are now a bigger cohort of DV perpetrators than current partners,' Assistant Commissioner Lauren Callaway told a conference last year" (para 56).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"'[W]hat we define as gendered crime, and in particular family violence, will only continue to grow as the recognition of coercive control spreads across Australia,' the assistant commissioner of Victoria Police's Family Violence Command, Lauren Callaway, told a conference in Hobart last year" (para 8). "Fitzpatrick, who instigated the analysis while at Commonwealth Bank, says she herself read 900 messages sent with one cent payments, with notes such as 'I'm standing out the front' or 'I'm going to kill you'" (para 32). "'[E]x-partners are now a bigger cohort of DV perpetrators than current partners,' Assistant Commissioner Lauren Callaway told a conference last year" (para 56).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"641,500 Australian women had their movements tracked by an ex-partner. Just five years earlier, according to the 2016 PSS, that number was 455,100" (para 5).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"641,500 Australian women had their movements tracked by an ex-partner. Just five years earlier, according to the 2016 PSS, that number was 455,100" (para 5).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-2
"[R]efuges were first established 50 years ago, it was a pretty straightforward process when a woman presented asking for help. She was welcomed, invited to tell her story but not compelled to if she was not ready, and given food, shelter and counsel" (para 22).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-2
"[R]efuges were first established 50 years ago, it was a pretty straightforward process when a woman presented asking for help. She was welcomed, invited to tell her story but not compelled to if she was not ready, and given food, shelter and counsel" (para 22).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Cat Gander is the chief executive of DV West, whose four refuges supported more than 2000 women and children in Western Sydney last financial year" (para 19).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Cat Gander is the chief executive of DV West, whose four refuges supported more than 2000 women and children in Western Sydney last financial year" (para 19).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Sixty-one per cent of victims had separated from their partner. In each case, this was at the instigation of the woman" (para 73).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Sixty-one per cent of victims had separated from their partner. In each case, this was at the instigation of the woman" (para 73).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Their analysis of 199 murders of women between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2018, shows 59 of the victims were killed by what was labelled a 'fixated threat' offender" (para 70).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Their analysis of 199 murders of women between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2018, shows 59 of the victims were killed by what was labelled a 'fixated threat' offender" (para 70).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[T]he femicide rate, which had been trending sharply downwards since the 1990s, has suddenly, in the past two years, shown a marked increase" (para 64).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[T]he femicide rate, which had been trending sharply downwards since the 1990s, has suddenly, in the past two years, shown a marked increase" (para 64).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Rape in marriage did not begin to be criminalised in Australia until the mid-1970s and, as young feminists trying to make domestic violence a political issue, we did not initially include sexual abuse as part of our definition… [A] physical beating was all too often followed by a sexual attack" (para 44).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Rape in marriage did not begin to be criminalised in Australia until the mid-1970s and, as young feminists trying to make domestic violence a political issue, we did not initially include sexual abuse as part of our definition… [A] physical beating was all too often followed by a sexual attack" (para 44).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Thousands of Australian men are using [Technology Facilitated Abuse] to menace and control their current or former domestic partners" (para 2). This is being done in public domain (MV-coder comment). "It is not uncommon for tracking devices to be found in children's toys or attached to a woman's car" (para 23). “Increasingly, the perpetrators' access to technology is used to disrupt women's performance at work, to jeopardise or even prompt termination of her employment for unprofessionalism or unreliability" (para 46).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Thousands of Australian men are using [Technology Facilitated Abuse] to menace and control their current or former domestic partners" (para 2). This is being done in public domain (MV-coder comment). "It is not uncommon for tracking devices to be found in children's toys or attached to a woman's car" (para 23). “Increasingly, the perpetrators' access to technology is used to disrupt women's performance at work, to jeopardise or even prompt termination of her employment for unprofessionalism or unreliability" (para 46).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"While technology-facilitated abuse in a family and domestic violence context is often low-tech, it has also become so sophisticated and difficult to detect that many victims are unaware they have ever been targetted" (para 10). "If, for instance, she is trying to contact a women's refuge, [her abuser] will know about it" (para 14). "[I]ndividual banks offer support for victims, ranging from enabling them to open new accounts without the traditional documentation and often providing a starting deposit of as much as $5000 to get them on their feet" (para 36). "Back in March 1974, when we opened Elsie, the first modern women's refuge in Australia, we were aware of...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"While technology-facilitated abuse in a family and domestic violence context is often low-tech, it has also become so sophisticated and difficult to detect that many victims are unaware they have ever been targetted" (para 10). "If, for instance, she is trying to contact a women's refuge, [her abuser] will know about it" (para 14). "[I]ndividual banks offer support for victims, ranging from enabling them to open new accounts without the traditional documentation and often providing a starting deposit of as much as $5000 to get them on their feet" (para 36). "Back in March 1974, when we opened Elsie, the first modern women's refuge in Australia, we were aware of...more
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"Police are traditionally trained to respond to single-incident alleged domestic crimes… [M]en using [Technology-facilitated abuse], whose harassment, while abusive, may not be criminal" (para 21). "The police called them 'domestics' and only interfered if things looked like they might get 'out of hand'" (para 43). "We have to realise that domestic violence is best understood as a group of behaviours, with physical violence being just one part of the repertoire and with may perpetrators employing what might be called a sliding scale of abuse in order to control their current or former partner" (para 30, 76).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"Police are traditionally trained to respond to single-incident alleged domestic crimes… [M]en using [Technology-facilitated abuse], whose harassment, while abusive, may not be criminal" (para 21). "The police called them 'domestics' and only interfered if things looked like they might get 'out of hand'" (para 43). "We have to realise that domestic violence is best understood as a group of behaviours, with physical violence being just one part of the repertoire and with may perpetrators employing what might be called a sliding scale of abuse in order to control their current or former partner" (para 30, 76).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[M]any women experience 24/7 monitoring and control of their movements and bank accounts, as well as other forms of non-physical abuse or threat, often as part of a broader pattern of coercive control" (para 3). "Women in current relationships are also subjected to having their every movement monitored: 56,700 in 2016 and 66,500 in 2021-22" (para 6). "Physical violence is still happening, tragically, but it is declining relative to other forms of abuse" (para 7). "The most common form of technology-facilitated abuse is cyberstalking" (para 16). "[F]our in five Australian women have experienced or are 'experiencing some form of technology-facilitated abuse'" (para 17).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[M]any women experience 24/7 monitoring and control of their movements and bank accounts, as well as other forms of non-physical abuse or threat, often as part of a broader pattern of coercive control" (para 3). "Women in current relationships are also subjected to having their every movement monitored: 56,700 in 2016 and 66,500 in 2021-22" (para 6). "Physical violence is still happening, tragically, but it is declining relative to other forms of abuse" (para 7). "The most common form of technology-facilitated abuse is cyberstalking" (para 16). "[F]our in five Australian women have experienced or are 'experiencing some form of technology-facilitated abuse'" (para 17).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: CL-DATA-1
"[A]bout 50 per cent [of women after they leave violent relationships,] end up in the poverty created by dependency on government payments" (para 67).
Variables: CL-DATA-1
"[A]bout 50 per cent [of women after they leave violent relationships,] end up in the poverty created by dependency on government payments" (para 67).
April 12, 2024, 2:43 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"An embittered ex, whose threat was previously mitigated by removal from the family home, is newly empowered by technology and able to exercise his vengeance and seek to regain control of his former partner remotely" (para 59). "[Fixated] threat offenders become increasingly focused and determined to reconcile, and also to harm the victim's reputation and social relationships" (para 73). "[Perpetrators] may start off with menacing texts and social media posts, graduate to stalking via spyware, and then to explicit threats and the decision to use physical force [on female victims]. On such a trajectory, the next step could well be lethal" (para 77).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"An embittered ex, whose threat was previously mitigated by removal from the family home, is newly empowered by technology and able to exercise his vengeance and seek to regain control of his former partner remotely" (para 59). "[Fixated] threat offenders become increasingly focused and determined to reconcile, and also to harm the victim's reputation and social relationships" (para 73). "[Perpetrators] may start off with menacing texts and social media posts, graduate to stalking via spyware, and then to explicit threats and the decision to use physical force [on female victims]. On such a trajectory, the next step could well be lethal" (para 77).
April 12, 2024, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Fitzpatrick, who instigated the analysis while at Commonwealth Bank, says she herself read 900 messages sent with one cent payments, with notes such as 'I'm standing out the front' or 'I'm going to kill you'" (para 32).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Fitzpatrick, who instigated the analysis while at Commonwealth Bank, says she herself read 900 messages sent with one cent payments, with notes such as 'I'm standing out the front' or 'I'm going to kill you'" (para 32).
April 12, 2024, 2:36 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"There is also the need for the tech industry to adopt preventative measures, but there is not much evidence the makers are serious about stopping TFA" (para 52). "We urgently need a federal longitudinal study of domestic violence" (para 65).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"There is also the need for the tech industry to adopt preventative measures, but there is not much evidence the makers are serious about stopping TFA" (para 52). "We urgently need a federal longitudinal study of domestic violence" (para 65).
April 12, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"The beating of women, especially on a Friday night after a drunk husband returned from the pub, was so common it was scarcely talked about" (para 42). "These men have been found using surveillance drones to shatter the illusion that their former partners have safely escaped. They have kept current partners in a state of terror by remotely activating loud music in their homes, locking the doors remotely so they cannot escape the onslaught. This sensory bombardment is a form of torture" (para 49). "An embittered ex, whose threat was previously mitigated by removal from the family home, is newly empowered by technology and able to exercise his vengeance and...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"The beating of women, especially on a Friday night after a drunk husband returned from the pub, was so common it was scarcely talked about" (para 42). "These men have been found using surveillance drones to shatter the illusion that their former partners have safely escaped. They have kept current partners in a state of terror by remotely activating loud music in their homes, locking the doors remotely so they cannot escape the onslaught. This sensory bombardment is a form of torture" (para 49). "An embittered ex, whose threat was previously mitigated by removal from the family home, is newly empowered by technology and able to exercise his vengeance and...more
April 12, 2024, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"380,000 women and 240,000 men reported being subjected to financial abuse. Among the most insidious forms of such abuse are those that prevent women from working, or from retaining their earnings if they are employed" (para 38). "70,300 women were prevented from working in 2016 and 86,300 had their income withheld or controlled. Other forms of financial abuse can include refusing to contribute to household expenses or making a partner liable for a joint debt, often without her knowledge. This kind of abuse is commonly adopted by perpetrators after separation- for example, refusing to pay the mortgage so the woman risks losing her home-but has expanded to taking out loans...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"380,000 women and 240,000 men reported being subjected to financial abuse. Among the most insidious forms of such abuse are those that prevent women from working, or from retaining their earnings if they are employed" (para 38). "70,300 women were prevented from working in 2016 and 86,300 had their income withheld or controlled. Other forms of financial abuse can include refusing to contribute to household expenses or making a partner liable for a joint debt, often without her knowledge. This kind of abuse is commonly adopted by perpetrators after separation- for example, refusing to pay the mortgage so the woman risks losing her home-but has expanded to taking out loans...more
April 12, 2024, 2:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[WESTNET, the national peak body for specialist women's domestic and family violence services] found 99.3 per cent of [442 Australian frontline workers] had clients who were experiencing tech abuse enabled by GPS tracking apps on smartphones" (para 20). "[T]he [Commonwealth] bank investigated 11 million transactions and found more than 8000 accounts where customers had received low-value deposits, often less than $1, with 'potentially abusive messages in the transaction descriptions'" (para 31). These customers were usually female (MV-coder comment). "[L]ess than 25 per cent of women who experience domestic violence report it to the police" (para 68).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[WESTNET, the national peak body for specialist women's domestic and family violence services] found 99.3 per cent of [442 Australian frontline workers] had clients who were experiencing tech abuse enabled by GPS tracking apps on smartphones" (para 20). "[T]he [Commonwealth] bank investigated 11 million transactions and found more than 8000 accounts where customers had received low-value deposits, often less than $1, with 'potentially abusive messages in the transaction descriptions'" (para 31). These customers were usually female (MV-coder comment). "[L]ess than 25 per cent of women who experience domestic violence report it to the police" (para 68).
April 12, 2024, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"One woman, a client of a DV West shelter and whose details have been de-identified, has been subjected to a horrendous amount of technology-facilitated abuse, including her former partner posting denigrating comments about the woman's character, parenting and professional practice onto her work's Facebook page" (para 47). "Hannah Clarke, who along with her three children was burnt to death by her husband in 2020. He had previously used recording devices to monitor her conversations" (para 63).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"One woman, a client of a DV West shelter and whose details have been de-identified, has been subjected to a horrendous amount of technology-facilitated abuse, including her former partner posting denigrating comments about the woman's character, parenting and professional practice onto her work's Facebook page" (para 47). "Hannah Clarke, who along with her three children was burnt to death by her husband in 2020. He had previously used recording devices to monitor her conversations" (para 63).
April 12, 2024, 2:25 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Amira's husband has become increasingly abusive and controlling, limiting her access to the family finances, only giving her money for essential items. He also controls her access to technology, limiting her contact with family and friends. English is not Amira's first language, which makes it even more difficult for her to seek help and support. Her husband has installed a kill switch in the family car to prevent her from going any further than the local school or shops. He has also threatened to share intimate images of Amira with her family overseas if she doesn't do as she is told-images captured without her knowledge or consent" (para 80-81).more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Amira's husband has become increasingly abusive and controlling, limiting her access to the family finances, only giving her money for essential items. He also controls her access to technology, limiting her contact with family and friends. English is not Amira's first language, which makes it even more difficult for her to seek help and support. Her husband has installed a kill switch in the family car to prevent her from going any further than the local school or shops. He has also threatened to share intimate images of Amira with her family overseas if she doesn't do as she is told-images captured without her knowledge or consent" (para 80-81).more
April 12, 2024, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[O]n several occasions, Angela found a mobile phone under her pillow, set to record" (para 82). "Gina's former partner is now in prison. She has started over in a new town with her young son but fears being tracked down by her former partner once he is released. This fear is warranted because her ex-partner's mother has been crowdsourcing information from Gina's friends and family on Facebook about her new identity-trying to find out where she might be living and working" (para 84).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"[O]n several occasions, Angela found a mobile phone under her pillow, set to record" (para 82). "Gina's former partner is now in prison. She has started over in a new town with her young son but fears being tracked down by her former partner once he is released. This fear is warranted because her ex-partner's mother has been crowdsourcing information from Gina's friends and family on Facebook about her new identity-trying to find out where she might be living and working" (para 84).
April 12, 2024, 2:23 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Jodi and her daughter live in a refuge, in a location kept secret from her ex-partner. At a recent custody changeover, Jodie's ex-partner insisted she take a doll he says their daughter loves and cannot sleep without. Jodie became suspicious when her daughter showed absolutely no interest in the doll. Within days of the meeting, Jodie's ex started texting her photos he had taken in the suburb she is living and even the street where the refuge is located. Gripped by fear, she decided to take a closer look at the doll and found a small GPS tracking device hidden inside" (para 86-87).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Jodi and her daughter live in a refuge, in a location kept secret from her ex-partner. At a recent custody changeover, Jodie's ex-partner insisted she take a doll he says their daughter loves and cannot sleep without. Jodie became suspicious when her daughter showed absolutely no interest in the doll. Within days of the meeting, Jodie's ex started texting her photos he had taken in the suburb she is living and even the street where the refuge is located. Gripped by fear, she decided to take a closer look at the doll and found a small GPS tracking device hidden inside" (para 86-87).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"Countries including Australia, Canada, and the United States committed to survivor engagement through their national action plans" (17). According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Australia ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). TRAFF-PRACTICE data reveals that international sex traffickers continue operating with impunity in Australia by abusing the nation's weak visa rules, thus indicating that anti-trafficking laws are not being enforced (KMM-CODER COMMENT). The 2023 TIP Report notes that while the government meets the minimum standards, it "did not adequately screen vulnerable groups, including domestic workers, international students, and migrant workers, for trafficking indicators and it identified even fewer victims." This suggests the potential prevalence of undetected...more
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"Countries including Australia, Canada, and the United States committed to survivor engagement through their national action plans" (17). According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Australia ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). TRAFF-PRACTICE data reveals that international sex traffickers continue operating with impunity in Australia by abusing the nation's weak visa rules, thus indicating that anti-trafficking laws are not being enforced (KMM-CODER COMMENT). The 2023 TIP Report notes that while the government meets the minimum standards, it "did not adequately screen vulnerable groups, including domestic workers, international students, and migrant workers, for trafficking indicators and it identified even fewer victims." This suggests the potential prevalence of undetected...more
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Australia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 23 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Australia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 23 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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