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Kat Wong

Divorce could become safer and easier for DV survivors

Proposed changes to family law provisions could help victims of domestic violence. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians fleeing domestic violence could find it easier to divorce their partners under sweeping family law changes set to pass federal parliament.

About one in five Australians have experienced violence, emotional or economic abuse at the hands of a partner, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and this may not stop when a relationship ends.

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