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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 first ANRA was endorsed by all Australian governments and released on 16 May 2014. [4] As of 2024 the current one, released in November 2023, [8] covers the five years from 2023 to 2028. ANRA identifies the evidence needed to end domestic, family and sexual violence, as well as how it should be produced.
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.
Statistics released by the Crime Statistics Agency in September 2018 showed a 7.8% drop in the overall crime rate. The statistics showed the criminal incident rate fell to 5,922 cases per 100,000 people in the previous year, continuing a trend of reduction in the overall number of criminal incidents from the previous year, with significant falls in theft, burglaries and drug dealing.
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.
There were 1,638 homicide incidents in Australia in 2013 compared with 1,624 in 2014. [17] From the National Australian Homicide Monitoring program report 2012: "The homicide rate has continued to decrease each year, since 1989-90. The periods 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 are the lowest homicide rate since data collection began in 1989”. [18]