Jess Hill at Coledale Community Hall on her Quarterly Essay 'Losing It: Can we stop violence against women and Children?'

Australian governments have promised to end gendered violence in a single generation. But this bold commitment to nation building has not yet been matched by the funding, innovation and resources necessary to achieve it. If anything, since governments made that commitment two years ago, gendered violence has only escalated: men are murdering women at an increased rate, coercive control and sexual violence are becoming more complex and severe, and governments are not doing nearly enough to stop perpetrators weaponising technology and systems. Australians have taken to the streets again this year to demand that governments act.

Jess Hill investigates Australia’s National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children to find out what’s working and what’s not – and what we can do to turn things around.

Join Walkley Award-winning journalist and the Premier's NSW Woman of Excellence 2024, Jess Hill in conversation with Regina Featherstone, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre for a discussion on this important essay.

Our discussion will commence at 7pm for approximately 45 minutes with time for questions afterwards.

Collins Booksellers Thirroul will be running a pop-up store selling the Quarterly Essay and Jess' other works.