domestic and family violence

Reform is needed to better balance the protection of men’s individual reputations with the rights of women to speak about their experiences of abuse.

This week, Queensland took a huge step towards improving the system for women by announcing it will criminalise coercive control.

The Queensland government will introduce a bill to criminalise coercive control by the end of 2023, Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced.

Australia will open its first ever women’s hospital for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in women recovering from domestic violence.

National Women’s Safety Alliance have set out 20 actions for the next government to fulfil as violence against women rises.

A new $150 million package to tackle domestic violence has been announced, including $20 million to trial a new GPS tracking program.

The federal Greens have announced a sweeping range of new policies to improve women’s safety and domestic violence in Australia.

Both major parties have announced new policies to address domestic and sexual violence, with Labor pledging to create a new commissioner.

The NSW government will spend nearly $500 million to tackle domestic and family violence and establish women’s refuges across the state.

Domestic Violence NSW has today released their report, ‘The impact of the 2021 Greater Sydney COVID-19 lockdown on specialist domestic and family violence services, and their clients’.

As a young woman, there are threats to my life and health far greater than rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca.

A headline splashed across the front page of the newspaper viewed by 400,000 Australians each day. It read: ‘MUM FOUND IN TIP’.