Domestic Violence

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Politics & Society

Women on temporary visas remain vulnerable to domestic and family violence

While the government is committed to urgently responding to the scale of men’s violence against women, there remains inaction on reforming our systems

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Health & Medicine

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Opinion

This policy could make women’s super more vulnerable to financial abuse

Australia’s opposition says early access to superannuation is an election policy for the party’s campaign. But we’ve already seen it makes women vulnerable to economic abuse

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Health & Medicine

How digital devices can become weapons in our relationships

Technology-facilitated abuse in relationships (TAR) weaponises our digital devices. To prevent it, we must engage with people who perpetrate it

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Health & Medicine

The unexpected drop in intimate partner violence

It should be exciting to say that cases of violence against women dropped during COVID, but we need to understand the big picture

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Health & Medicine

Domestic violence linked to alcohol use is a national emergency

Alcohol and other drug use increases the severity of violence towards victim survivors, but the drug and alcohol sector and the domestic violence sector remain stubbornly siloed

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Politics & Society

Japan’s hidden landscape of violent crime

While the shooting of Shinzo Abe shocked the world, Japan has a hidden number of violent crimes – particularly against women

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Health & Medicine

The online hate for Amber Heard

A US jury has now ruled in favour of Johnny Depp, but social media had already judged Amber Heard for not being the ‘right kind’ of victim

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Health & Medicine

Stopping sexual assault means addressing violence in relationships

Sexual assault and domestic violence frequently co-occur – so it makes no sense to try and tackle one without the other

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Health & Medicine

What drives Intimate Partner Sexual Violence?

We need to bring together the sometimes unique factors behind Intimate Partner Sexual Violence if we are to better understand and counter it

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Health & Medicine

What a friend experiencing abuse needs most is an ally

Women experiencing intimate partner violence often rely on their friends, but it can be difficult for friends to know how to respond

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