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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Anna Falkenmire

Cameras, apps, abusive texts: how Hunter is tackling tech domestic violence

Lisa Ronneberg is the regional collaborations coordinator with Hunter Domestic and Family Violence Consortium. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

CAMERAS, surveillance apps on phones, GPS trackers and abusive social media messages are all forms of a troubling trend of domestic violence offenders abusing technology.

"This constant attack on you, it just absolutely wears down your mental health and your psychological wellbeing," Hunter Domestic and Family Violence Consortium (HDFVC) regional collaborations coordinator Lisa Ronneberg said.

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