There it was again last night, on display for the nation to see. The strength, the stoicism and the ultimate sadness that has come to define Rosie Batty – the mother who lost her 11-year old son, Luke to a wholly preventable act of violence at the hands of his father during cricket practice in February.

Survivors of Victoria's 2009 Black Saturday bushfires have secured almost half a billion dollars in the largest class action settlement in the country's history.

Queensland real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay has been found guilty of his wife's murder and sentenced to life in prison.

The organisation’s new report, The G20 and gender equality – How the G20 can advance women’s rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies, highlights the role of the G20 group of countries in taking action on gender inequality. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said that across G20 countries and beyond, women were paid […]

The 39-year-old met with Nauru’s president Baron Waqa at a global summit on sexual violence against women in conflict last month. More than 1000 people are on the island of Nauru – a destination for Australian asylum seekers. According to reports from Radio New Zealand, Waqa invited the Hollywood star to Nauru and she has accepted the […]

They say behind every great man there's an even greater woman. And in the case of former NRL heartthrob Beau Ryan, there’s two.

Mr Palmer, speaking to Ms Ferguson from Queenstown in New Zealand where he was on a skiing holiday, began the interview discussing his party’s last minute turn around in the Senate yesterday over the proposed repeal of the Carbon Tax but baulked when attention turned to a matter that is now the subject of legal […]

Gerard Baden-Clay has been sentenced to life behind bars for murdering his wife and mother of his three daughters, Allison Baden-Clay. After 17 days of hearing evidence from 72 witnesses, a jury found the former Brisbane real estate agent guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Allison’s murder. The jury of seven men and five women, who […]

The 12-member jury – comprising seven men and five women – retired for their deliberations after Supreme Court Justice John Byrne completed his summary of the 18-day proceedings. Baden-Clay, a former real estate agent from Brookfield, west of Brisbane, stands accused of killing his wife of 14 years, Allison Baden-Clay. Related: Baden-Clay murder trial nearing […]

Tara, the Canadian-born author of successful crime novels Fetish, Split and Siren among others, was attacked while walking on Sydney’s busy Market Street just after midday. She tweeted a warning in the hope that others might avoid the man. “Was just hit by a man in the street. He’s on Market St in dark clothing headed […]