Gold Coast man sentenced over former partner’s traumatic brain injury
A man charged over a 2023 domestic violence incident that left his former partner with a traumatic brain…
Domestic violence comments on fishing show breached classification rules: ACMA
‘Disturbing’ comments about violence against women made during a PG-rated fishing program on Channel Seven breached classification rules,…
WA Police officers subject to restraining orders desk-bound under gun reforms, union says
WA Police officers are being taken off the beat because new firearms laws mean they can’t carry a…
OzHarvest says more people seeking food relief amid cost-of-living pressures
Tammy-Lee Kearvell recently became homeless and has been struggling to get by ever since. She is currently couch…
New program training GPs in responding to domestic and family violence in Tasmania
Rebecca* credits her general practitioner with saving her life. It was her doctor who, when her child presented…
Domestic violence services brace for spike in calls during football grand finals
As footy teams across Victoria gear up for finals season, a different kind of preparation is underway in…
Superannuation death benefits have been going to domestic abusers. The industry wants it to stop
Warning: This story contains details of domestic violence and suicide. Molly Wilkes was just 22 years old when…
Dee Annear’s family say they’ll never forgive Rohen Hanson for her murder in Bulga Forest hut
The family of a woman murdered by her partner in a remote forest cabin on the NSW Mid…
When parental discipline is actually coercive control
While there is growing understanding around the use of coercive control in intimate partner violence, less is known…
Peter Moiler on trial for allegedly setting estranged wife Kirsten on fire in Mount Helena
A man doused his estranged wife with fuel and set her on fire while she sat in a…
One of the most popular apps in the US is ‘fuelling a gender divide’, experts warn
Tea is the second-most-popular app in the US and according to the company, it boasts a community of…
Queensland parliament passes laws allowing police to issue on-the-spot domestic violence orders to perpetrators
Laws to give police the power to issue on-the-spot orders to domestic violence perpetrators have passed Queensland parliament. …