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Crime
‘Dark secret’: Former cult member charged with murder of daughter Tillie
The death of two-year-old Tillie on a NSW property inhabited by a cult was kept quiet for three decades. Now, the child’s mother has been charged with murder.
- by Jenny Noyes
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Liberal candidate says gender-based violence involves ‘women and men’
Colleen Harkin, who is running for an inner-city Melbourne seat, in progressive areas such as St Kilda, which has a high number of LGBTQ residents, also backed Israel Folau.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Delays and high demand hamper payments to escape domestic violence
Demand for a new program offering cash payments to help women escape violent relationships is almost twice as strong as the government anticipated.
- by Katina Curtis
‘Negative culture’ among Qld police in spotlight after report exposed shortfalls
The state government has released terms of reference for the four-month Commission of Inquiry, under Childrens Court president Deborah Richards.
- by Matt Dennien
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Queensland Police
Qld orders royal commission into police response to domestic violence
Asked if the new laws could have saved his daughter Hannah Clarke and her children, Lloyd Clarke responded, “I’d like to think so”.
- by Matt Dennien
Daughter pays tribute to 'loving' father killed in Brunswick stabbing
The daughter of one of the men killed in a Brunswick double stabbing has paid tribute to her father, saying he was a gentle soul.
- by David Estcourt
Women’s safety support scrambles as violence rises
Services helping victims of domestic and sexual violence say increased demand and funding constraints have left them in a dire situation.
- by Katina Curtis
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Opinion
From faith to fear: churches put to the test
The fundamental problem remains: the fact that blokes, in the main, run religious institutions.
- by Julia Baird
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Good Weekend
‘I was horrified’: Anita Jacoby’s painful discovery about her father
When TV current affairs producer Anita Jacoby turned her investigative skills upon her father, what she found rivalled anything she’d put to air.
- by Tim Elliott
Wendy Sharpe pours heart and sole into domestic violence project
The Archibald Prize-winning artist has hit on an unusual way of personalising shocking domestic violence statistics.
- by Nick Galvin
Killer who stabbed partner, then drank beer is jailed for at least 20 years
Petero Baleinapuka stabbed mother-of-two Angela O’Donnell to death in Woonona on New Year’s Eve 2019 and then fled the scene.
- by Sarah McPhee