If more brands do not pull out of the 2GB Alan Jones advertising, they are enabling violent language towards women to be continuously normalised. Practicing the language of misogyny and violence on-air with no repercussions is a power that Alan Jones should not be afforded.

Since 1996, reports from the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur have stated that there is a major hidden housing crisis in Australia and their subsequent annual reports have reiterated this. The 2006 Report stated that the Special Rapporteur was ‘particularly troubled by the inadequate housing and living conditions’ and that, ‘unfortunately, this situation is not acknowledged by the authorities’. The crisis remains unacknowledged by authorities ten years later.