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Designer Wayne Cooper to fight charge of wife assault

UK-born, Australia-based fashion designer Wayne Cooper has pleaded not guilty to a domestic violence-related assault charge after being arrested at a hotel.

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35 Y.O. Sydney Man On A Domestic Violence Watch List Charged With Murdering His Estranged Wife

Khouloud Bakkour Hawatt is the 74th woman to be killed in Australia this year according to Destroy The Joint.

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Man charged over woman's very violent murder

A man will front court after being charged with four offences, including domestic violence-related murder, following the death of a woman, 31.

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Crisis accommodation is failing women fleeing domestic violence. Here’s how to fix it

Every day in Australia, thousands of people call a family violence crisis support line. Often, it’s someone experiencing family violence who fears for their safety and needs support to leave immediately.

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Top cop laments DV scourge after 'very violent murder'

A woman meant to be protected by a restraining order has been brutally murdered in her home as domestic violence issues keep top brass awake at night.

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‘We need to stand up’: NT Indigenous leaders are determined to bring down domestic violence rates

Of 476 Indigenous women murdered between 1989 and 2023, 151 were in the territory. Advocates hope a rally in Alice Springs can be a catalyst for change

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Ambika survived years of her brother’s abuse. That her parents turned a blind eye remains a source of great pain

It’s one of the most common forms of domestic violence, yet it can be psychologically threatening for parents to acknowledge that one child has abused another

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'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

With nine Aboriginal women killed in six months across the Northern Territory, experts are trying to pin down causes of the shocking domestic violence rate.

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Disgraced ex-deputy mayor behind bars ahead of appeal

A former deputy mayor convicted of domestic violence and fraud will remain in jail after a "highly speculative" bail bid was rejected ahead of an appeal.

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One in three domestic abuse victims is male – here’s why we need to talk about them

When you think about domestic violence, you probably imagine a tall, powerful man overpowering his female partner. This is the image that is usually shown in media, films and true crime documentaries. But it is not just men who commit violence and abuse in romantic relationships.

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Former Red Sox Exec Recalls Aroldis Chapman's Checkered Past Crashed Trade

The Red Sox nixed a Chapman trade in 2015 over a domestic violence incident.

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Voice of the child must be heard, top cop tells inquest

Police need to influence victims to "confide in them" when domestic violence offenders breach no-contact orders, a senior police officer has told an inquest.

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Indigenous women are dying violent, preventable deaths. Endless inquiries won’t help unless we act

Recently, a landmark coronial inquiry into the deaths of four Indigenous women from domestic and family violence in the Northern Territory released its findings after a year-long investigation.

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‘Killed where we live’: domestic violence deaths of NT women draw blunt responses but no action

As NT police say they are ‘overwhelmed’ by the scale of the violence, a federal allocation of $180m sits untouched

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Funding shortfall denies 400,000 of key legal service

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are being turned away from community legal centres, as the sector battles chronic underfunding.

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Queen Camilla Holds Emotional Meeting With Domestic Abuse Survivors: "You're Virtually the Same Age as My Granddaughters"

The Queen said she would campaign for change until she's "able to no more."

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Jess Phillips on new anti-domestic violence measures: ‘I feel hopeful today’

Police say strict new restraining orders on domestic abusers will enable them to ‘manage offenders proactively’

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Florida Woman Sentenced To Life For Husband's Murder

Laurie Shaver sentenced to life for husband's murder in a tragic case highlighting domestic violence consequences.

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Health regulators take stand in fight to end violence

Regulators have come together for the first time to condemn family violence and remind health practitioners of their critical role in the battle to end it.

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Domestic violence reports up in Scotland by 25 per cent in past year

Reports to police of instances of domestic violence have increased by 25 per cent in the past year, figures show, despite a slight decrease in…

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‘Crisis’ of domestic violence in NT needs immediate action, advocates say after landmark report released

Northern Territory domestic homicide rate seven times the national rate, with systemic failings contributing to deaths, coroner’s report finds

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'Whatever it takes': child removal floated to tackle DV

Child protection practices will be examined by a government in response to a landmark inquiry into the domestic violence deaths of four women.

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'National shame': Landmark inquest shines light on DV

Findings on the deaths of four Aboriginal women at the hands of their partners have been handed down by a coroner.

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Man Charged With Multiple Domestic Violence Offences After A Woman Was Stabbed On A NSW Train

Police believe the man and woman were known to each other.

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‘This is our horror’: the grim stories driving the Northern Territory’s reckoning with domestic violence

Since 2000, 81 women in the NT have died as a result of domestic violence, 93% of them Aboriginal – a landmark inquiry is looking at what went wrong

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