Australia is coming to terms with the horrific attack on the Jewish community in Bondi on Sunday night.

Tarla Lambert-Patel and journalist Dinushi Dias sit down to unpack what happened, what it means and where we go next.

They also break down some of the biggest stories on Women's Agenda this week.

And find some hope in what has been a horrible week we will never forget.

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Pauline Hanson gets Barnaby Joyce into the party, as well as a substantial pay rise as leader. Is that actually... a win?

Also, the US co-founder calling for public hangings and for the world to get more "masculine energy".

Plus, the social media ban is officially here, and everyone from teenagers to parents, politicians and media barons have something to say about it.

And what's with the outrage over Anika Wells' travel expenses? We dive in.

Stories discussed this week include:

A rare case of a man’s move resulting in a woman getting a 100k pay bump

Another billionaire tech bro declares world needs more ‘masculine energy’

A social media ban won’t save us from harms online. Educating us will

The outrage over Anika Wells says more about us than it does about her

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Tech-facilitated abuse continues to grow as a dangerous part of gender based violence. This includes everyday financial products and services being weaponised by perpetrators to inflict harassment, terror and surveillance on their victims.

One person who has been instrumental in examining the extent of the issue and how common services and products can do more to address this type of abuse, is Catherine Fitzpatrick

She is a leading expert on disrupting financial abuse and gender biases through more innovative product and service design.

And she joins the podcast for a fascinating but at times disturbing discussion on how this type of abuse is occurring, its prevalence, but then optimistically, the empowering actions both consumers and businesses can deploy to help stop it.

Catherine has been leading industry-wide reforms. She’s advised the government on financial abuse policy and pioneered the financial safety by design framework, which is helping leading brands protect customers, manage risk and strengthen trust.

She uncovered widespread abuse in online banking transactions while working as a banking executive in 2019, which led to her spearheading whole industry reforms to crack down on the practice.

Catherine recorded this conversation with Women's Agenda on the 3rd December. And there’s much to learn, not just about how businesses and consumers can respond to the weaponisation of products and services, but also how she channelled a significant career curveball into a clear mission that is having real results.

You can learn more about Catherine here.

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