by BETTINA ARNDT – WHY does our media keep getting the law totally wrong about intoxication and consent – with the result that more young men are finding themselves wrongfully accused of rape? Late last year, The ABC’s 7.30 Report featured a…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WHAT brilliant timing. Last month, Senator Lidia Thorpe’s sexual accusations in parliament captivated the media by putting sexual misconduct firmly back on the public agenda, detracting attention from Labor ministers under attack for misleading parliament. The Australian press…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WHAT gives a fundraising platform the right to act as our moral guardians determining which victims we are permitted to support? I’ve just been banned from GoFundMe, after starting a fundraiser to support a college tutor fighting an…
THE figures are extraordinary. Two years into our National Redress Scheme for victims of institutional sexual abuse, over $500m has been paid to 5920 of 10,000 applicants who have so far applied – a mere blip compared to the 60,000 victims assumed to be eligible.
