Sarah Krasnostein

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10 ENTRIES Sarah Krasnostein is the award-winning author of The Trauma CleanerThe Believer and the Quarterly Essay Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia. She holds a doctorate in criminal law.



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Malka Leifer with head bowed having handcuffs removed at the Jerusalem District Court, February 27, 2018

Society

Peace in the home

The trial of former school principal Malka Leifer for sexual abuse highlighted how shame and trauma are treated in the justice system, and why some institutions and communities are resistant to scrutiny

Stacey and Gareth Train talk to camera in a grainy black-and-white video posted on YouTube

Society

The Train family murders

Were last year’s killings in remote Wieambilla, Queensland, the result of a new age of radicalisation?

Demonstrating for reproductive rights at Hyde Park, Sydney, June 9, 2019

Society

The fight to choose

As Roe v Wade is overturned in the United States, what are the threats to accessing abortion in Australia?

Image showing an illustration of a despairing couple

Society

Plugging the gaps in mental healthcare

What are the odds for deep and lasting change in Australia’s mental health system?

Image of Richard Pusey, April 2020

Society

The most hated man

On the sentencing of Richard Pusey for outraging public decency

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Society

Power outage

Athlete Claire Keefer trains for a Paralympics now postponed

Photograph of Jaymes Todd.

Society

A man who hates women

The killing of Eurydice Dixon and the sentencing of Jaymes Todd

Illustration

Society

Life in a coroners court

Meet those who speak for the dead to protect the living

The death doula

Society

The death doula

Annie Whitlocke is helping to break the silence around grief and dying

Noah’s Ark floats again

Society

Noah’s Ark floats again

The Australians bringing creationism to Kentucky