Billions spent on men's violence 'after damage done'

Intimate partner violence costs more than $28 billion each year, a report has found. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

Billions of dollars are being poured into domestic and family violence responses, but is little invested into services to stop men's violence from happening in the first place.

This is according to new research based on expertise from 150 Australian practitioners which will be released on Monday.