Domestic violence industry: Always beating up on men

http://www.bettinaarndt.com.au/wp-content/uploads/here.compressed.pdf Always beating up on men The domestic violence industry has a vested interest in a gendered analysis INQUIRER (Change of title for online listing) Domestic violence: data shows women are not the only victims The University of Queensland’s Kim Halford suggests that perhaps three-quarters of a million children witness both parents engaged in domestic

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Domestic violence: data shows women are not the only victims

The Australian Inquirer The University of Queensland’s Kim Halford suggests that perhaps three-quarters of a million children witness both parents engaged in domestic violence. BETTINA ARNDT Columnist @thebettinaarndt Eva Solberg is a Swedish politician, a proud feminist who holds an important post as chairwoman of the party Moderate Women. Last year she was presented with her government’s latest

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Nationals could help Pauline Hanson put Family Court back in the spotlight

Photo: Ms Hanson says the Family Court system is “destroying families”. Related Story: Where do the crossbenchers stand on the major issues? Related Story: The resurgence of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Pauline Hanson’s success at the federal election could put the Family Court back in the spotlight, with some Nationals believing her push to abolish

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Blokes alone not to blame for domestic violence

“For years now, all the key players in our well-orchestrated domestic violence sector have been singing from the same page, happily accepting government money to promote the idea that domestic violence is all about dangerous men terrorising their partners.   Malcolm Turnbull is on record boasting that the government is spending “hundreds of millions” of

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Blanket domestic violence blame is an insult to men, says Tom Elliott

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/index.html?sourceCode=HSWEB_MRE170_a&mode=premium&dest=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/tom-elliott/blanket-domestic-violence-blame-is-an-insult-to-men-says-tom-elliott/news-story/3682e3e996da04127a405dfd901ad80a?memtype=anonymous I’M SICK of all men being blamed for domestic violence against women. A small minority of men commit that hideous act, yet the entire male gender is told to shoulder the responsibility. It’s time the vast majority of decent men stood up for themselves. White Ribbon Australia is an organisation that works to prevent

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AIFS “Experiences of Separated Parents Study” reveals high levels of domestic violence against men

http://www.oneinthree.com.au/news/2016/6/29/aifs-experiences-of-separated-parents-study-reveals-high-lev.html In October 2015, the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) released its Experiences of Separated Parents Study – part of its evaluation of the 2012 family violence amendments by the Federal Government. The study examined the experiences of two cohorts of parents, in 2012 and 2014, the latter a total of 6,079 parents who

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Rise in men taking out domestic violence orders against mothers and partners at Southport Court

Support workers have expressed doubt about DVOs some men are taking out against their partners. GOLD Coast men are taking out domestic-violence orders against their mothers, partners and relatives but support workers are sceptical of the ­applications’ legitimacy. About 30 per cent of domestic-violence and family protection orders at Southport Magistrates Court in the first

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The ‘agony’ of being a 50/50 mother? Oh please. It’s called equality – and fathers deserve their share just as much as women

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3575744/The-agony-50-50-mother-Oh-s-called-equality-fathers-deserve-share.html – Stand By Your Manhood author hits back at mums upset with 50/50 access – Peter Lloyd is incensed that mothers don’t want to give exes equal time – Says the debate shows that feminism isn’t concerned with true equality Just when you think the modern gender debate can’t descend any further into toe-curling

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Rosie Batty is back to change family Law

Good ol’ Rosie Batty is back, using her son’s murder to promote Rosie Batty.   Family violence campaigner Rosie Batty (pictured) will join members of the Women’s Legal Service in Brisbane on Thursday to outline a five-step ‘roadmap’ to improve the family law system Amongst other things, she wants to make it easier to make,

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Demonising men will create culture of fear to harm us all

The Courier Mail- Queensland IN RESPONSE to the growing number of attacks and harassment of women on public transport, Rail Tram and Bus Union National Secretary, Bob Nanva, supported by the NSW Rape Crisis Centre, has proposed female-only pink carriages. Dubbed “Safe carriages”, these would operate after 7pm, have CCTV, alarms, and be located near

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