Before We Call It a ‘Crisis,’ What Is the True Situation Behind Domestic Violence?

Commentary Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would have been better off not attending the Violence Against Women Rally in Canberra. Not just because he got some avoidable bad press, but because the whole idea of the rally was flawed from the start. He should not have given it tacit support. First, the bad press. If you missed it, he reduced the organiser, Sarah Williams, to tears accusing her of refusing to let him or Senator Katy Gallagher speak. “That’s a lie, that’s a full-out lie,” she said. Then Mr. Albanese tried to press on while she was being comforted by fellow protestors. Not a good look for a man when you are making claims about “gendered” violence....