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One year ago the PM declared violence against women a “national crisis”. Women continue to be killed at a rate of one per week. But until a spate of killings in the past two weeks, the issue has rarely surfaced in the current federal election campaign. @ashleighwyss.bsky.social reports.
Issue of violence against women largely missing in action in election campaign
One year ago, in the wake of the Bondi Junction killings, the PM declared violence against women a “national crisis”. Women continue to be killed at a rate of one per week. But until a spate of killin...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
One year ago the PM declared violence against women a “national crisis”. Women continue to be killed at a rate of one per week. But until a spate of killings in the past two weeks, the issue has rarely surfaced in the current federal election campaign. @ashleighwyss.bsky.social reports.
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As the toll of native animals killed on Victorian roads rises, a petition calling for a $2 vehicle registration levy aims to provide more consistent funding to wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services across the state. Ashleigh Wyss reports. www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/vic...
A gold coin for Victoria’s wildlife: Could a $2 road levy lighten pressure on rescuers?
As the toll of native animals killed on Victorian roads rises, a petition calling for a $2 vehicle registration levy aims to provide more consistent funding to wildlife rescue and rehabilitation servi...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
As the toll of native animals killed on Victorian roads rises, a petition calling for a $2 vehicle registration levy aims to provide more consistent funding to wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services across the state. Ashleigh Wyss reports. www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/vic...
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Frustrated with what they describe as the Australian Government’s failure to protect them from catastrophic global heating, a group of young Australians are taking their concerns to the United Nations. If Canberra won’t listen, they say, perhaps Geneva will. @ashleighwyss.bsky.social reports.
Generation Justice: Young Australians take climate cry for help to UN
Frustrated with what they describe as the Australian Government’s failure to protect them from catastrophic global heating, a group of young Australians are taking their concerns to the United Nations...
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June 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Frustrated with what they describe as the Australian Government’s failure to protect them from catastrophic global heating, a group of young Australians are taking their concerns to the United Nations. If Canberra won’t listen, they say, perhaps Geneva will. @ashleighwyss.bsky.social reports.
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Speaking in Melbourne, exiled Russian independent journalist @zygaro.bsky.social has delivered an intimate account of the weaponisation of disinformation and media repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Today, living in the US, he says “I have a great feeling of deja vu”. Ashleigh Wyss reports.
Journalism against autocracy: exiled Russian journalist on the war on press freedom
Speaking in Melbourne, exiled Russian independent journalist Mikhail Zygar has delivered an intimate account of the weaponisation of disinformation and media repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Tod...
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April 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Speaking in Melbourne, exiled Russian independent journalist @zygaro.bsky.social has delivered an intimate account of the weaponisation of disinformation and media repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Today, living in the US, he says “I have a great feeling of deja vu”. Ashleigh Wyss reports.
From earlier this month: Across Australia, at 14 rallies honouring the 117 women killed since January 2024, the unified message of people taking to the streets was raw: ‘Stop Killing Women’.
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Nationwide rallies demand urgent action on gendered violence
Across Australia this weekend, at 14 rallies honouring the 117 women killed since January 2024, the unified message of people taking to the streets was raw: ‘Stop Killing Women’. Ashleigh Wyss reports...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
From earlier this month: Across Australia, at 14 rallies honouring the 117 women killed since January 2024, the unified message of people taking to the streets was raw: ‘Stop Killing Women’.
www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/nat...
www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/nat...
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On a flying visit to Melbourne, Guardian global editor-in-chief Katherine Viner talks about eroding public trust in established news organisations, fuelled by Trumpism and billionaire interference, and what might be done about it. Ashleigh Wyss reports.
In dangerous times, journalists obliged to 'face it head on', call out misinformation: Guardian chief
On a flying visit to Melbourne, Guardian global editor-in-chief Katherine Viner talks about eroding public trust in established news organisations, fuelled by Trumpism and billionaire interference, an...
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March 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
On a flying visit to Melbourne, Guardian global editor-in-chief Katherine Viner talks about eroding public trust in established news organisations, fuelled by Trumpism and billionaire interference, and what might be done about it. Ashleigh Wyss reports.