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When Brittany Higgins stood up in front of Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, she told the gathered crowd: “I speak to you out of necessity.” “We are all here today not because we want to be here, but because we have to be here,” the former government staffer said to the crowd of…

Women’s anti-violence experts say it’s time for government to “go back to the drawing board” and listen carefully to evidence-based solutions already available if it is to combat sexual violence and support survivors. It comes after New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller copped widespread criticism for suggesting the use of an app to record…

La propuesta de un jefe de la Policía para crear una aplicación móvil que registre el consentimiento sexual antes del acto ha provocado polémica en Australia, donde grupos feministas y académicos acusan al oficial de “ingenuo”. Mick Fuller, comisario del suroriental estado australiano de Nueva Gales del Sur, planteó este jueves que la aplicación móvil, donde las personas registrarían su acuerdo…

By Ella Jane in RUSSH So often, the story starts the same. Spooned on affection, talk of the future early, gifts, unbridled attention so idyllic and dream-like it doesn’t seem real until it’s too late to realise it isn’t. “Many coercive control relationships begin in a whirlwind of romance. Abusers lure in their victims with…

By Lucy Cormack and Josh Dye NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she will not be forced to comment on a proposal for a mobile phone app to record sexual consent because it was not a conversation that could be solved in 24 hours. Ms Berejiklian said she had not had time to digest the proposal…

By Anton Nilsson  NSW’s top cop Mick Fuller has acknowledged his proposal for an app to record consent for sex might be “the worst idea” he’s had all year after he was roundly criticised for the plan. But he says the proposal – to create a smartphone application that romantic partners could use to say…

With  ABC Radio A proposal by Mick Fuller to record sexual consent between parties to combat climbing sexual assault figures has been branded naive. Mr Fuller says the country needs to modernise ideas on consent, where it is “active and ongoing throughout a sexual encounter”. Hayley Foster is the CEO of Women’s Safety NSW, she…

By Hannah Ryan published in 7News NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has refused to be drawn on a proposed app for couples to establish and record mutual consent before having sex. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has suggested technology could be used to combat a rising tide of sexual assault and low conviction rates. Ms Berejiklian…

Published by InDaily NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says an app could be used by couples to establish and record mutual consent before engaging in sex. But the idea has been met with scepticism from the women’s safety sector and some politicians. The Commissioner said he had discussed the consent app with Attorney-General Mark Speakman…

By Amber Shultz in Crikey Message seen as ‘you got yourself into this mess, you get yourself out of it’ by women’s advocates who instead seek 10 days’ paid leave. Victims of family and domestic violence will soon be able to use up to $10,000 of their already limited retirement funds to help them flee…