Her Story Consulting

13/10/2026

11/10/2026

When survivors come forward with allegations of sexual assault, it is vital that we believe them. Whilst some allegations may be false, the reality is dramatically less that many people think: 16% of Australians think that women regularly make up allegations, yet only approximately 0.39% of sexual assault allegations are false - it's important to remember that the absence of a conviction dies NOT mean an allegation is false.

Sources: Australian Government, Australian Institute of Criminology, ‘Misconceptions of sexual crimes against adult victims: Barriers to justice’ (2020). Australian Government, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ‘Sexual assault reported to police’ (2026).

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcKoBhjEv4N/

07/10/2026

2nd down, one to go! 🔥✊

Today we delivered our “She Gives As Good As She Gets” presentation — sharing our work on the misidentification of Aboriginal women as perpetrators in domestic and family violence cases across the Northern Territory.

Another powerful conversation, another opportunity to centre Aboriginal women’s voices, challenge harmful systems and share what we’re learning through community-led research.

Now… one more to go! 🔥

We’re closing out our SVRI Forum journey with The WEAVE Project — bringing together feminist researchers, activists and activist-researchers from Australia, India, Nicaragua and South Africa to document women’s movements against violence and their impacts on policy.

Two down. One to go. Let’s finish strong! ✊🔥

06/10/2026

One down, two to go! 🔥

Today we delivered our U Right Sis poster abstract — sharing the work, learnings and power of community-led approaches to technology-facilitated abuse.

Next up: “She Gives As Good As She Gets” — Misidentification of Aboriginal Women as Perpetrators in Domestic and Family Violence Cases in the Northern Territory.

And we’ll close out our SVRI Forum journey with The WEAVE Project — a collective endeavour by feminist researchers, activists and activist-researchers from Australia, India, Nicaragua and South Africa to document women’s movements against violence and their impacts on policy.

Three pieces of work. Three powerful stories. One hell of a week. ✊🏾🔥

05/10/2026

❤️ THE TEAM IS BACK TOGETHER! ❤️

Bangkok, we’re here for the 2026 SVRI Forum! 🇹🇭

We’re bloody proud to have two abstracts accepted and to be presenting our work on U Right Sis and the MISID Project.

Two important projects. Two powerful stories. And the voices of First Nations women at the heart of it all.

Back together, sharing our work on the international stage and continuing to make some noise! ✊🔥♥️💛🖤

03/10/2026

Most of the internet is no longer real-life people: it’s bots, who have been designed and built to push harmful ideologies and shape conversations. We must be aware of this and educate people to identify bots and reveal agendas: what messages are they
pushing into online conversation?
We know, for example, that young men are being exposed to violent, extremist, and misogynist messages online in just minutes - even when actively seeking out content that is completely unrelated. This is by design.
We must strengthen positive messaging in digital spaces, protect young people from harmful online content, and invest in offline relationships
and community-building.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdWXFwFgKHj

01/10/2026

A new federal inquiry into youth detention in Australia has urged the government to develop national standards for detention and counter the false public narrative that there is a youth crime crisis, currently being used to justify the tightening of laws and introduced policies that are “tough on crime”, aka targeting Aboriginal youth.
This is about race: 56% of the children under youth justice supervision are First Nations, and in the Northern Territory (NT), it’s almost every single child, despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children making up just under 4% of the national youth population.
Australia is failing to meet its international obligations under the Rights of the Child and human rights conventions, with some jurisdictions like the NT using torture devices like spithoods on children in detention, having lights on 24/7, and lowering the age of criminal responsibility to just ten years old against international advice. The NT has been on a “tough on crime” spree since the CLP government came into power, using the false narrative that there are youth crime waves on the rise, to justify their restrictive and punitive policies.
Australia needs to do better.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/inquiry-calls-for-national-minimum-standards-youth-detention/107106998

29/09/2026

The current Northern Territory (NT) CLP government has spent the last two years plunging the Territory into a dangerous space, stripping Aboriginal people and communities, especially Aboriginal young people, of their rights, and refusing to listen to Aboriginal leadership and experts in the process.
As a result, a string of Aboriginal leaders have resigned from their government positions: Leanne Caton (boss of Aboriginal Housing Northern Territory); Shahleena Musk (NT Children’s Commissioner); Rob McPhee (independent chair of the NT Children and Families Tripartite Forum), Richard Fejo (Darwin Waterfront Corporation chairman), and Yiŋiya
Guyula (members of the NT Justice Policy Partnership and independent Arnhem Land parliamentarian) - all citing the NT government’s laws and policies and inability to collaborate or listen to their voices, Aboriginal communities, and experts.
What are some of the CLP’s introduced policies?
🚩 Reintroducing spit hoods for use on children in prison (an internationally recognised tool of torture).
🚩 Relocating a Darwin homeless shelter to the regional town of Batchelor (making it inaccessible for those in need).
🚩 Lowering the age of criminal responsibility to just ten years old (international human rights state that it should not be below 14 years of age)
🚩 Overhauling laws on bail, resulting in many people imprisoned without being sentenced (Indigenous children are spending an average of 57 days in detention without a sentence).
🚩 Stripping back Aboriginal child protection laws, making it harder for Aboriginal children to be placed with kin and community.
🚩 Allowing the use of fracked gas for the power grid (a climate disaster, ignoring experts and community needs).
These policies target Aboriginal people and communities and put simply, are harmful and racist.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-19/nt-string-of-aboriginal-leaders-resign-in-clp-protest/107168360

28/09/2026

Violence against women and children is a public health crisis in Australia, with three women dying in suspected domestic violence-related incidents within 24 hours - just in NSW - and one child killed the same weekend. According to one count, that's 52 women and 20 children who have been killed so far this year.
Violence against women and children is preventable: we have the solutions, but not enough support.
Domestic, family, and sexual violence services are chronically underresourced, underfunded, and stretched beyond capacity, across the country. We need urgent action and adequate resourcing/funding from governments.
We've been through countless reviews and inquries before - we know the solutions but we are not being listened to, and endless recommendations are gathering dust on government shelves.
So is it time for a Royal Commission? Will that bring the national attention and focus to ending violence against women and children that is so badly needed?

You can sign the petition calling for a Royal Commission into femicide in Australia here: https://c.org/8RGFNFfd

Sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdgLODtEXz-/ and https://australianfemicidewatch.org/database/

24/09/2026

🆘 The UN has announced a “Global Water Bankruptcy”, stating that we will start running out of clean water in the next few years. The impacts of this are almost unimaginably devastating.
Water is fundamental to human life, but it is not necessary for data centres, which are projected to (at a minimum) triple their consumption of clean water in Australia over the next five years (Climate Council, 2026).
This is a global crisis, and we must start preparing now. Human life as well as the health of our delicate ecosystems, must be prioritised.

Sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdJpyqQiSnk/ and https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/what-does-thedata-centre-boom-mean-for-australias-switch-to-renewables