Anne Summers is professor of family and domestic violence at the Business School, UTS. Her previous report The Choice: Violence or Poverty (2022) was influential in the Albanese government’s decision in 2023 to reverse the Gillard government’s policy of removing single parents from the Parenting Payment and onto the much lower NewStart allowance (now called Jobseeker) when their youngest child turned 8. The Albanese government changed the cut-off age to 14 which was estimated to benefit around 57,000 people, 52,000 of whom are women.

Addressing the impact of domestic violence on women’s employment and education
18 July 2025

Innovative new research demonstrates the full extent of professional and educational impacts on women from domestic violence. Government responses, such as employment services and paid leave entitlements, should be scaled up to meet the needs of affected women.
Anne Summers

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