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Domestic violence dominates local courts in NSW. So, why aren't we talking about it?

We're shocked by domestic violence when someone dies or it spills into the public's view. But most of us have no idea just how many matters come before the courts — and the reality is harrowing.

ABC News

More NSW women reporting violence

Domestic violence incidents and reported sexual assaults of women have increased significantly in NSW over the last five years, the latest data reveals.

AAP

Australian courts to consider family and domestic violence threat in Hague convention cases

Federal government announces reforms after concerns the convention was being used to send children of domestic violence victims back to unsafe situations

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NSW police say domestic violence makes up 40 per cent of calls, with scourge worse in regional areas

Crime data shows domestic violence offences are increasing across NSW, but some services trying to help victims say they aren't eligible for new funding.

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Federal government to change child abduction law to consider domestic and family violence before ruling

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus says the law will be amended so allegations of family and domestic violence can be considered before Australian judges issue orders for women and children to be returned to their home countries.

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Family of murdered Jennifer Poole say she 'lived in terror' of ex partner

Her relatives are set to appear on a Virgin Media documentary about domestic violence and femicide on Monday night

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'No more': march against domestic violence through busy shopping centre

"It was to show our customers and our community that we stand with them."

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Domestic violence increasing in NT, Indigenous Australians struggling to find employment, inquiry hears

The chief executive of an Indigenous health service has told a federal inquiry she supports the return of liquor bans in the NT and that Aboriginal families "have the right to conduct their lives free of alcohol-fuelled violence."

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Detective in alleged Megan Thee Stallion shooting accused of domestic violence

LAPD officer was set to be important witness in trial of Tory Lanez, who is accused of shooting the fellow rapper two years ago

The Guardian - US

'It's not always about a black eye': The unspoken signs of domestic abuse every woman needs to know about

Film released by the Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse helpline aims to stamp out myths about domestic violence

Manchester Evening News

Tunisia law failing to protect women from domestic violence: HRW

Poor implementation of the law passed five years ago leaves women at risk, the rights group says in a report.

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Buffalo Grove murders a tragic sign of domestic violence at its worst

Domestic violence victims who appear to be extending an olive branch to an abuser need support, not shaming.

Chicago Sun-Times

Workers supporting survivors of gender-based violence are demanding change

While the world went into lockdown at the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, shelters helping women who are survivors of domestic violence remained open.

The Conversation

Miscarriage leave and 20 day DV allowance in council staff agreement

It features miscarriage leave, Defence service leave and an increase from 10 days domestic violence leave per year to 20.

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Mum in plea for male domestic abuse refuge centres after son killed by fiancée

Simon Gilchrist was stabbed in the heart by his abusive fiancée, Caroline Mawhood in his flat in 2004 after she came home from a night out.

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Texas judge: Abusers can keep guns

"Ruling that these laws are unconstitutional will put mainly women and children in danger," experts say

Liverpool Echo

Domestic violence victims say new approach leads to more trust in social services

The approach is one part of a wider Wirral Council programme called “Breaking the Cycle” aiming to improve people’s lives

Daily Mirror

'My son was killed by his fiancée but we can save others by opening more refuges'

Jose Linnane is calling for more refuges for male victims of domestic violence after her son Simon Gilchrist, 23, was murdered by his abusive fiancée Caroline Mawhood

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Why women sometimes stay with abusers: insights from a Nigerian study

Domestic violence is a public health problem in most parts of the world. A 2021 United Nations report showed that one in three women aged 15-49 years in sub-Saharan Africa had experienced one form of violence or another by an intimate partner.

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A judge in Texas is using a recent Supreme Court ruling to say domestic abusers can keep their guns

For a large part of the history of the United States, domestic abuse was tolerated under the nation’s legal system. There were few laws criminalizing domestic violence, and enforcement of the existing laws was rare.

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SA Coroners Court to begin inquest into baby's death in house littered with faeces, rotting food and cockroaches

WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing. An 11-week-old baby known to South Australia's Department for Child Protection died in a squalid and overcrowded house littered with faeces and infested with cockroaches, where drug use and domestic violence took place.

The Independent UK

Children growing up in households with domestic abuse to be recognised as victims

New guidance released as World Cup and festive season drive increase in domestic violence

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‘National disgrace’: Court reform to combat domestic violence

A newly expanded national court initiative will attempt to identify children at risk of abuse and domestic violence victims earlier.

Daily Mirror

Twisted abuser stole ashes of ex-girlfriend's dad and made sick threat to 'scatter them'

Michael King has been described in Birmingham Crown Court as an "angry and bitter man" who gives "all decent men a bad name," for turning his ex-girlfriend's life 'upside-down'

AAP

Court reform to combat 'disgrace' of abuse

A newly expanded court program will aim to better identify child abuse and domestic violence victims.

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