domestic violence
-
World
As a man confesses to punching a wall, 1.8 million Australians are watching
“I just absolutely lost it,” a man tells the camera, looking down and fidgeting while sombre music plays. “I burst…
Read More » -
World
A new report reveals Australia’s lowest divorce rate in almost 50 years. Here’s why
The rate of divorce in Australia has fallen to its lowest levels since the mid-1970s, according to a new report…
Read More » -
World
‘We’re a sport for everyone’: NRL defends Trump, White, invitations
The NRL has defended its decision to invite US President Donald Trump and UFC boss Dana White to its Las…
Read More » -
World
Police took out a protection order for Mia and her son, then the family court overruled it
It was the South Australian police who took out an intervention order to protect *Mia and her son after her…
Read More » -
World
Housing crisis pushing domestic violence victims back to perpetrators
A homeless shelter has just one bed free but several people in need. How do workers decide who to accept…
Read More » -
World
The ‘mad or bad woman trope’ devastating victims of domestic violence
Imagine a situation of domestic violence, where the primary aggressor — the person perpetrating the violence — is identified as…
Read More » -
World
Ankle monitor for first person charged under NSW coercive control laws
A New South Wales man has avoided jail time after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new coercive…
Read More » -
World
Teen boys tracking girlfriends, reading texts a pathway to family violence, experts warn
Zhalin Cecil was just 17 when he seriously assaulted another teen who hugged his girlfriend in what he describes as…
Read More » -
World
Four unique women shared a common fate. It’s our national shame
There is a sense of foreboding and desperate frustration in a call to action from the Northern Territory coroner —…
Read More » -
World
Federal government responds to inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women
The federal government has responded to the Senate Inquiry into Missing and Murdered First Nations women and children, with funding…
Read More »
