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Alex Mitchell

Cross-intimate partner violence cases on the rise

More partners are taking out apprehended violence orders against each other, crime data shows. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Family violence cases in which police charge both partners rather than a single aggressor are on the rise.

Cross-intimate partner violence more than tripled from a low base of 0.7 per cent of family violence legal proceedings in 2010-11 to 2.5 per cent in the 12 months to February 2023.

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