domestic and family violence

NSW hospitals will now be equip with dozens more sexual assault nurse examiners as numbers of sexual assault cases continue to rise. 

Women in South Australia impacted by family and domestic violence are set to have access to secure and affordable housing. 

A woman in WA is being praised by police for helping to save a 5-year old boy whose father was trying to drown him.

New SBS series Safe Home attests to the ways violence is insidious and ingrained in systemic structures of power, writes Shannon Sandford.

Evidence has emerged from the U.K of police officers enacting violence against women and not being held accountable for their crimes. 

Pilot funding for the national 24/7 counselling service for victim-survivors DV ends 30 June. Full Stop Australia is stepping up.

Police believe they have found the body of Gold Coast woman Wendy Sleeman, more than two days after she went missing.

Karen Andrews has delivered an emotional speech on domestic violence, recounting the times she has waited for phone calls wondering if a friend was still alive.

NSW Parliament has passed a legislation to criminalise coercive control — making it first state in the country to do so. 

McAuley Community Services for Women has expanded with the launch of Heywood House, providing 14 units of accommodation for victim-survivors.

Leading domestic and family violence advocates are concerned about the NSW Government’s new Coercive Control Bill harming victims.

New ANROWS research examines the perspectives of children, their families and workers to understand their priorities and service needs.