Title: News

Former prostitute speaks out against decriminalisation in South Australia

If South Australia’s officials truly cared about women’s health and welfare, they would not advocate decriminalising an industry that exploits women for profit.

19 June 2021 · Linda Watson

NSW taskforce to provide ‘permanent and loving homes’ for vulnerable children

The NSW Government is establishing a special Permanency Taskforce to fast track the adoption process and provide permanent and loving homes to vulnerable children in out-of-home care.

17 June 2021

Millionaire couple's plan to have 100 children

How many surrogate babies are too many?

17 June 2021

Committee Chair indicates urgency in implementing age-verification for porn

Last week we welcomed the federal government’s commitment to regulate unlimited access to pornography by minors through age-verification laws.

13 June 2021

Abortion doulas further evidence that abortion is traumatic for women

The term “doula” may be unfamiliar to many people but the role itself is an ancient one.

11 June 2021

It’s time outrage at sexual exploitation included prostitution

A story has surfaced about a prostitute in Adelaide who alleged she was raped after a male client removed his condom without consent during sex.

10 June 2021

First steps in combating unlimited access by minors to pornography

Chanel Contos’s call for testimonies of sexual assault has opened a window into the world young women are navigating — and pornography’s role in it.

4 June 2021

SA Chief Public Health Officer claims legal prostitution will promote health

SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier told a parliamentary committee she supports decriminalising prostitution in South Australia.

3 June 2021

Claire Lehmann on false narratives about women and sex

Quillette founding editor Claire Lehmann has written in The Australian on three false narratives about women and sex, following NSW’s consent law reforms.

2 June 2021