News & Views Australia’s unspoken crisis: The rise in men’s violence against women on grand final weekend AFL and NRL grand finals bring celebration, but also alarming spikes in domestic and family violence across Australia.
News & Views One year on from legislation: How coercive control is still silencing women Criminalising coercive control is a watershed step forward. But without education, outreach, and systemic support, it remains a law on paper.
Local Victorian frontline workers reveal how police responses harm family violence survivors A major new report reveals police in Victoria are too often amplifying trauma for people who experience family violence.
News & Views The simple change that could save lives and reduce the toll of family violence Stronger alcohol laws can reduce family violence. South Australia’s reforms show how good policy can save lives and protect kids.
News & Views ‘It’s all in your head’: The untold cost of coercive control on Australian women According to South Australian Shadow Minister for Women Michelle Lensink, women have been taught that intimate partners “were overbearing because they loved you”.
News & Views We cannot become desensitised to domestic violence statistics. Urgent action is needed. We should be completely outraged by these numbers and have zero tolerance towards domestic and family violence.
News & Views The unmet demand for homelessness services is a family violence risk A survey 0f 23 specialist homeless services highlights the surge in demand.
News & Views New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide Recent data from Victoria reveals that a significant proportion of individuals who died by suicide had experienced family violence.
News & Views Lauren French’s mission to decolonise the violence prevention space For Lauren French, head of education at Body Safety Australia, it’s obvious that Western approaches to family and sexual violence are not working.
News & Views Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says Australia has a ‘crisis’ of male violence Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has said there is a crisis of male violence in Australia, labelling it a “scourge” that must be stopped.
News & Views Zoe Daniel and Rosie Batty call for urgent action to prevent men’s violence against women and children Independent MP Zoe Daniel is pushing for urgent action to address men’s violence against women and children in Australia.
Soapbox 50 women died of family violence in 2022. Prevention is the only way to stop this Changing family legacies of violence starts with education. Preventing sexual assault and family violence requires a sustained focus on educating children and re-educating past generations.