Our independence means we can take ideas and issues into the public realm without any strings attached.

We write opinion pieces and issue media releases 
on issues affecting women and girls:

• The Age 24 May 2009 Compassion could bring end 
to long fight to justice. Read
  

• The Big Issue June 2004 Governments Timid on 
Domestic Violence Read 

  
  
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The Age 9 May 2003 Women MPs must show
 they can make a difference Read
  
  
• The Age 11 September 
2001 Battered Justice Read
  

The National Party position is to oppose the bill, because as Mary Crooks, Executive Director of the Victorian Women's Trust, puts it so succinctly, it places the offender as the central interest at the expense of others....the bill does not adequately reflect the attitudes nor adequately recognise the rights of the broader community - that is, co-residents especially women and neighbors, and the broader community in general.

Dr Sykes Member for Benalla during Victorian parliamentary debate on home detention legislation, Hansard 4 June 2003 p. 2014