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28 Feb 2026

ABC Investigative reporter Echo Hui interviewed Kirsty Prince on Silencing Victims.
"It's appalling that CSNSW tries to buy women's silence with these NDAs," (Ms Kirsty Prince) said.

"When it comes time to negotiate my payout, I will refuse to sign an NDA and I'm willing to walk away with nothing. This matters to me because women sign NDAs and those responsible never face consequences."
"I realised these were their dirty secrets, not mine."

10 Feb 2026

The head of the agency set up to address bullying and harassment in parliamentary workplaces has outraged survivors by laughing while under questioning at Senate estimates.

1 Dec 2025

Veterans want the defence force to release people who have experienced sexual assault and harassment from non-disclosure agreements so they can control their stories.

2 Dec 2022

The defence force has admitted it doesn't know how many victims of sexual assault remain under legal gag orders.

9 Nov 2025

While sexual harassment cases in white collar workplaces or government snare headlines, there are many situations in which women feel powerless to challenge their employer. This might be because their contract stipulated non-disclosure, the financial commitment of fighting their employer in court, or not comprehending the pathways of recourse they have.

25 Oct 2025

In this episode, we dive deep into the realities inside the New South Wales Corrective Services System — not from the perspective of inmates, but from the officers who work behind the walls.

16 Oct 2025

For the past four years, I have tried to ‘make some noise’ about my own story of being raped by a political staffer at 21. Yet some voices, it seemed, mattered more than others.

25 Aug 2025

Women who blow the whistle are vital to exposing wrongdoing but are paying a heavy price for their courage, according to a new report released by the Human Rights Law Centre today.

“Women Speaking Up: Gender Dynamics in Australia’s Whistleblowing Landscape” analyses the first year of client data from the Human Rights Law Centre’s Whistleblower Project, Australia’s first specialist legal service for whistleblowers...

30 Aug 2025

Former RAAF airwoman Julia Delaforce speaks with Angelica Waite about her experience as a whistleblower and why that has led her to call for change.

5 July 2025

Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie explodes a scandalous truth bomb on Australia’s defence chiefs by revealing allegations of shocking attacks on women in the military.

6 July 2025

After being ignored, sidelined, marginalised, women in the Australian Forces are speaking up...

16 Apr 2025

A former Parliament House researcher has accused the Albanese Government of hypocrisy after she disclosed historic sexual assault allegations and was ‘silenced’.

16 Apr 2025

A Parliament House researcher was twice asked to sign non disclosure agreements over claims she was discriminated against when she disclosed her rape as a young woman, Sky News can reveal.

25 Aug 2025

While the prosecutions of high-profile men whistleblowers have dominated headlines in recent years, it can be easy to lose sight of the many brave women in Australia who have spoken up about wrongdoing, often at an immense personal cost.