The trial of the cashless welfare card, to control unhealthy spending in Indigenous communities, is being expanded partly due to emotive well-funded campaigns. Meanwhile, evidence is being ignored.
None of the studies on domestic violence rates among church-goers are Australian.
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Research is revealing that both families who have experienced adolescent family violence and those working with them feel the criminal justice system is not an appropriate way to respond to it.
A reliance on security infrastructure to resolve embedded social problems may be misguided.
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Family violence will not always be ‘obvious’ to CCTV. Therefore measures must be put in place to ensure that footage cannot be used against victims should circumstances of violence be challenged.
There is a common misunderstanding that one particular Qur’anic verse perpetuates violence against women.
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Following Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence, should the state change the way it sentences offenders?
Police across Victoria made it clear that family violence was considered to be ‘different’ to the primary investigative mandate of their work.
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Police remain critical in the effort to tackling family violence in all its forms. But more than just a commitment to extra police and training is needed to improve outcomes for victim-survivors.
Alcohol and other drugs are significant risk factors for precipitating violence.
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Australia is now having a national conversation on domestic violence. Yet the way violence degrades women’s financial status remains in the shadows. Much more needs to be done.
Writer and actor Nakkiah Lui, speaking on Q&A.
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Violence against women is a national priority, and Aboriginal women are disproportionately affected. This must be reported on appropriately in the media.
Private security companies can help in family violence situations, but questions remain.
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Initial experience indicates that private security companies can provide a beneficial service to victims of family violence, but there are still concerns that need to be addressed.
For women of reproductive age and Indigenous women, intimate partner violence is the single biggest health risk factor.
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A study being launched today by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety confirms the serious impacts of intimate partner violence.
Domestic violence impacts should be considered when regulators make decisions about granting licenses for poker machines.
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Thousands of Australian men are sitting on waiting lists every year to get help to end their violent behaviour – even though behaviour change programs can reduce their likelihood of offending again.
Many Indigenous communities have been enduring family violence crises with inadequate government support.
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Director Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, CI ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies (SOPHIS), School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Faculty of Arts, Monash University
Lead Researcher with the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and Lecturer in Criminology at the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University