UNBELIEVABLE: Tanya plibersek - The Untold Story

Record-low poll puts Labor attack dogs on offensive

Federal government frontbenchers have arced up as their party slips to a record-low primary vote share of 27 per cent in the latest Newspoll.

AAP · Sep 20

Crackdown starts on 'insidious' parent financial abuse

The government will make sweeping changes to child support payment laws, which will make it harder for people to withhold them as a form of financial abuse.

AAP · Sep 16

One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart

Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The Populist

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14

Slave to the algorithm: big tech in violence spotlight

An advocate has renewed calls for the government to tackle social media algorithms after leaders met to discuss a spike in sexual violence against girls.

AAP · Sep 4

Plea for more than consent lessons to stop sex violence

Leaders have spoken to the challenge of curbing an emerging crisis at a high-level meeting targeting youth sexual violence.

AAP · Sep 4

'No brainer': tobacco tax-cut idea could crush crime

An economist has joined the call for a drastic cut to the tobacco excise, as the coalition pledges to slash the tax by 80 per cent.

AAP · Sep 3

There’s a political push to ban pornography depicting choking. Would this work?

Federal Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek says Australia should “look very seriously” at banning pornography depicting sexual strangulation. NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane has urged the prime minister to ban it, advocating for laws similar to those in the United Kingdom.

The Conversation · Sep 2

Boyfriend Breaks Silence After GF Allegedly Loses Life During Unusual Intimate Act, Experts Issue Urgent Warning

Experts warn, “This is not the first tragedy of its kind, and it won’t be the last…”

Bored Panda · Sep 1

Australians could soon be able to choose what appears in their social media feed. How would this work?

On ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday, federal Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government is exploring whether Australians should be able to opt in to algorithmically curated social media feeds.

The Conversation · Sep 1

Strangulation porn ban needs education for young people

An Australian ban on strangulation in porn will not be impactful without more consistent national consent education for young people, educators say.

AAP · Aug 31