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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 ...
A map showing the location of the Northern Territory in Australia.. Crime in the Northern Territory is managed by the Northern Territory Police (law enforcement), the territory government's Department of the Attorney-General and Justice (courts and adult prisons) and Territory Families (youth justice and youth detention centres).
The main function of ANROWS is to grow the evidence base of which measures help to reduce or end violence against women and children in Australia. [2] This is stated as "the promotion of the prevention or control of human behaviour that is harmful or abusive to human beings, specifically the reduction of violence against women and their children".
A deeper look at domestic violence homicides by the Journal Sentinel reveals that a child was present in at least 43% of the incidents from 2016-2022.
Australia has long had a problem with male violence against women, and while media reports on alleged murders lament the loss of another life, they don’t typically mobilize mass protests.
In general, most domestic violence homicides in 2023 were allegedly committed by men - 17 of the victims were women. That includes the Newton case were Hanson is alleged to have murdered his wife.
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.
The Wieambilla shootings was a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia on 12 December 2022. It involved the killing of police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and civilian Alan Dare, at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland.