Jess Hill on Stopping Family Violence

The Curiosity Lecture series returns to the Festival with a line-up of our most thought-provoking speakers delivering one-time talks on topics of intrigue, interest and importance.

What will it take to stop gendered violence?

Expanding on her Quarterly Essay 97, Losing It: Can We Stop Violence Against Women and Children?, investigative journalist and Stella Prize winner Jess Hill challenges Australian governments’ promise to end gendered violence in a single generation. As recently as last year, Australians took to the streets again to protest the lack of funding, innovation and resources needed to achieve the goal of ending gendered and family violence.

Hear Jess analyse what’s working in our current system and what’s not and map out what we can do to finally change things.