By Nick McAllister Posted Sun 22 Aug 2021 at 11:03pm Sunday 22 Aug 2021 at 11:03pm, updated Thu 2 Sep 2021 at 8:35am Nicole Lee was 24 when she met her now ex-husband, an amputee, through disability sports. [Content warning: This story deals with sexual abuse and domestic violence.] A couple of months after he had moved in with her,… Read more »
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When women earn more than their male partners, domestic violence risk goes up 35 per cent
A pay rise that means a woman earns more than her male partner increases her chance of domestic violence by 35 per cent, ground-breaking Australian research has revealed, suggesting men struggle to deal with not being the family breadwinner. Based on surveys done by the Australian Bureau of Statistics over more than a decade, the… Read more »
Family violence tech stalkers are about to be caught out
Use of stalkerware, GPS tracking and other technologies to commit family violence abuse has increased sharply in the past five years but a new tool to detect covert apps on victims’ phones is about to be rolled out. Research with frontline family violence workers by peak domestic violence network Wesnet found tracking and monitoring of women… Read more »
What I wish for Grace Tame: Rosie Batty’s open letter to the Australian of the Year
Grace, I was thrilled when your name was announced as Australian of the Year. Thrilled, but filled with worry. I wanted to share with you my concerns because we have more in common than you may realise. You are young and beautiful. When I became Australian of the Year in 2015, I was 53. The… Read more »
Murdered mum Hannah Clarke’s parents push for new laws to criminalise ‘coercive control’ in Australia to protect others
In February last year, Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband Rowan Baxter doused her car in petrol and set it alight killing her and their three children – Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey. He then took his own life. The brutal murder stunned the nation and thrust Australia’s domestic violence problem into the global spotlight. Now Hannah’s grieving parents… Read more »
Fight to criminalise coercive control ramps up
“It sends a very clear message to everyone in the community that coercive controlling behaviour is dangerous and intolerable,” an anti-domestic violence advocate says. Despite coercive control being the most common risk factor present in the lead up to an intimate partner homicide, it’s not yet illegal across most of Australia. Now, a group of… Read more »
Experts from Scotland who led push to criminalise coercive control give evidence to Australian committee
Scotland has laws that are considered the “gold standard” for protecting women and children from coercive control and they have caught the eye of Australian politicians. Coercive control is when patterns of abusive behaviours are used by one person to dominate and control another in a relationship. It usually happens gradually and can involve things… Read more »
Coercive control is a new term for an old problem. Should it be illegal?
There are no bruises or broken bones that show they’re being assaulted, or that their lives are at risk. Instead, its victims are subjected to controlling behaviour from their partner, restricting access to money, where they go and who they meet, even telling them what to wear. Its survivors often fear this type of partner… Read more »
Alleged Alice Springs murder victim identified as leading anti-domestic violence campaigner
A 46-year-old woman allegedly murdered in an alleged domestic violence incident in Alice Springs last week has been identified as an anti-domestic violence campaigner. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died. In a statement, the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group confirmed… Read more »
Femicide in Australia: May proves deadly month for women killed by domestic violence
As May draws to a close we’re left with many sobering statistics. Those related to COVID-19 have dominated the headlines so much so a growing collection of chilling deaths have gone relatively unnoticed. This month eight women have been allegedly killed by domestic violence in Australia. It’s a statistic made even more shocking by the… Read more »
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