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The 2021 Australian of the Year tells press club the intimidating behaviour felt familiar to her as a survivor of grooming and abuse

As an historian of the Australian women’s movement, the past two years have been extraordinary to witness. Not only are we living through a once-in-a-century pandemic, which has had profoundly gendered effects, we have also experienced a feminist insurgency that has placed the issue of women’s safety, and men’s abuses…

The pair delivered scorching speeches in front of a packed out room on Wednesday.

A day after Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised in parliament for the treatment of women who had suffered sexual abuse there, a prominent campaigner said she wanted to see action more than words.