By Rachael Wong

There is a horrifying story in the Australian this week about a new study by Collective Shout and parenting educator Maggie Dent, which details the increase in sexual harassment against female teachers and students by porn-fuelled boys.

The NSW Labor Government has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the harmful impacts of online pornography, particularly on young people. It is the first state to hold an inquiry of this kind.

Politicians in NSW and Queensland are trying to further liberalise prostitution in those states, claiming that removing restrictions around prostitution will “promote health” and “safety”, ensuring it is treated “like any other job”.

The Project has been forced to delete an interview after receiving severe public condemnation and backlash.

The Wall Street Journal recently published a bombshell investigation revealing that Meta-owned social-media platform Instagram is connecting and promoting a vast network of pedophile accounts dedicated to the buying and selling of child sex abuse material.

This week, the Daily Telegraph published an article titled “‘Mental torture’: Shock rise in revenge porn, online abuse”, which revealed that “Three quarters of Australians had at least one negative experience online in the last year, with more than one in five perpetrators targeting their victims for fun”:

By Dr Emma Wood

In the last month, Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) released a research report, titled: “A Life Course Approach to Determining the Prevalence and Impact of Sexual Violence in Australia.” The report summarised findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.

Despite a considerable effort by the Australian Football League (AFL) to reform its culture in recent years following negative media reports of sexual assault and intimate partner abuse by players, the emergence of a number of damaging leaks and allegations have once again brought into question whether real reform has actually been achieved and the possibility that serious measures are needed.

A US District Court has denied a motion from tech organisation MindGeek, the parent company for the pornography website PornHub, to dismiss a class action lawsuit against the Montreal-based tech giant.