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A report by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in 2018, entitled Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia, noted that while family violence occurs across all ages and demographic groups, it mostly affects women and children, and at particular risk are Indigenous, young and pregnant women. The report revealed that 1 in 6 ...
The Mutten case has highlighted a New South Wales law which is harsher than in every other state. From the time that the accused is charged with a crime involving a child, the child’s name, and any information identifying them, can no longer be reported. This is despite the child's name being widely circulated during the earlier search for her.
The murders sparked a national debate about domestic violence in Australia, [1] [2] [3] after reports emerged that Baxter had a history of violence and alleged misogyny [4] [5] [6] and had been subjected to a domestic violence order (DVO) as well as child custody orders as recently as the month of the murders.
Australia’s rates of domestic homicide are on par with similar countries – the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand – but Hayley Boxall, a research fellow with the Australian National ...
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday described domestic violence as a “national crisis” after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women. Thousands ...
By 2021, the Queensland Police Service was responding to an average of more than 400 cases of domestic violence every day. [50] In April 2024, a Brisbane man was charged after being found to be the Australian leader of a transnational organised crime organisation that was responsible for smuggling in and distributing tonnes of drugs into ...
Mathura rape case (1972) Violence against women during the partition of India (1989) Rape during the Kashmir conflict (1989) Ruchika Girhotra case (1990) Aruna Shanbaug case (1973) 1990 Bantala rape case; Priyadarshini Mattoo (1996) Suryanelli rape case (1996) Anjana Mishra rape case (1999) Imrana rape case (2005) Ayesha Miran rape case (2007 ...
Noting evidence of crime "hotspots", the high incidence of domestic violence and the correlation with alcohol, it said "there is a need to implement evidence-based crime reduction strategies targeting both acute and chronic hotspots, as well as strategies that can reduce alcohol consumption and related harms, reduce the overrepresentation of ...