Domestic violence
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Law
Coercive control laws must come with more education
Coercive control requires a careful response to protect the victim-survivor from further harm and prevent the offender from inflicting it. Education is key to achieving this goal.
- The Herald's View
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Social services
‘Important step’: Australia’s social services minister opens up domestic violence hotline to the workplace
Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth is overhauling the nation’s domestic violence hotline and preparing to crack down on online gambling.
- by Anthony Galloway
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Crime
Lack of police training could stymie success of coercive control laws: experts
Melinda Graczol, a solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, said she supported making coercive control a crime, but it needs to be underpinned by “education and culture change” for police.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Amelia McGuire
Victim deliberately hit by car, others suffer fractured ribs but no police protection
Brian Codd, in charge of the Queensland Police Service’s domestic violence command, only received an “extremely disturbing” report about officers this week, despite a review being conducted last year.
- by Cloe Read
When Kathryn left her ‘very controlling, very evil’ partner, she faced hurdles at every turn
Women like Kathryn Janeway are still dealing with the impact of the pandemic as they build a life after getting out of domestic and family violence situations.
- by Holly Thompson
The poignant message behind East Melbourne’s newly opened ‘purple’ public garden
Of all the public gardens that have been established in the city, the Family Violence Memorial is the first to have been fashioned as a “political intervention”.
- by Megan Backhouse
Qld police officer tells assault victim ‘focus on being a good mother’, inquiry told
Another woman was turned away multiple times from reporting a DVO breach because of police staffing issues.
- by Cloe Read
Casuals, part-timers will get full paid domestic violence leave in new scheme
Casual and part-time employees will be able to access the full 10 days of domestic violence leave under a new entitlement the government is putting to parliament.
- by Katina Curtis
Qld police blamed disabled assault victim for ‘wanting to find a boyfriend’: inquiry
Another woman said police spent more time talking to her alleged abuser about rugby than the domestic violence matter she accused him of, an independent inquiry has heard.
- by Cloe Read
Climate change top of the agenda as Labor kick-starts new parliament with four bills
The government will introduce four bills next week, including its climate change bill to legislate its 2030 emissions reduction target.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Mark Speakman
Coercive control offence to attract seven years’ jail under draft NSW law
Controlling what someone wears and who they see, limiting access to money, and incessant texting and calls are behaviours that constitute coercive control.
- by Lucy Cormack