Articles on Family Abuse

ARTICLES ON FAMILY ABUSE

Domestic violence survivors and homeless women connect through charity outside Centrelink offices

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-27/domestic-violence-homelessness-centrelink-4-voices-charity/100223216

A Plea from the Frontline of Violence Against Women - You can't end it without our help!

https://www.theage.com.au/national/a-plea-from-the-frontline-of-violence-against-women-you-can-t-end-it-without-our-help-20210621-p582ui.html?btis

Family Violence perpetrators put on Notice with Dramatic Police Reforms

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/sexual-assault-perpetrators-put-on-notice-with-dramatic-police-reforms/news-story/0384f092dc2ff83a9d10fe3239114e2a

Tougher penalties for family violence among new recommendations

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/tougher-penalties-for-family-violence-among-new-recommendations-20210401-p57g02.html?btis

‘You still battle’: Rosie Batty on five years of family violence action

https://www.theage.com.au/national/you-still-battle-rosie-batty-on-five-years-of-family-violence-action-20210320-p57cic.html?btis

‘A rot in society’: Ruston proposes ‘much more ambitious’ plan to tackle violence against women

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/a-rot-in-society-ruston-proposes-much-more-ambitious-plan-to-tackle-violence-against-women-20210402-p57g5r.html?btis

Do behaviour change programs stop men being violent?

'Until he took part in a group men’s program, it had never occurred to Dave that his violence against his partner was affecting his children’s development.'*

Topsfield, Jewel, The Age, March 27, 2021

Violence and sexual assault are fundamentally a ‘men’s issue’

'Respect and responsibility. Two words that I believe can guide us all in the current debate about the treatment of women in our society.'

Chester, Darren, The Age, March 16, 2021

Ex-Family Court chief wants coercive control laws to criminalise 'intimate terrorism'

'Former Chief Justice of the Family Court Alistair Nicholson has called for coercive control or "intimate terrorism" to be criminalised in all Australian states, in a bid to help curb domestic violence.'

King, Madonna, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 20, 2020

The scandal behind locked doors

'When Dean McWhirter was a young cop nearly 40 years ago there was no such thing as family violence – well, there was, but no one called it that.'

Silvester, John, The Age, July 25, 2020