The Latest Breaking News from domestic violence

Unintended, but not unanticipated: coercive control laws will disadvantage First Nations women

In July this year the NSW government released a draft bill outlining a proposed standalone offence of coercive control for NSW.

The Conversation · Aug 26, 2022

Murgon Moments newspaper publisher issues apology for printing domestic violence joke

The Queensland Attorney-General and state MP Deb Frecklington are among those who have condemned the joke. The publisher has issued an "unreserved" apology, but opted to erase the editor's words of apparent contrition from its site.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

QLD Newspaper Posts, Swiftly Deletes Fkd Apology After Publishing A Misogynistic Joke About DV

"This is just a small part of what we print re domestic violence, surprisingly I never get thanked for these."

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 26, 2022

US to extradite Canadian writer accused of faking own death and kidnapping son

Dawn Walker, who says she fled domestic abuse, is arrested and accused of stealing friend’s identity to cross border

The Guardian - US · Aug 24, 2022

Son of woman stabbed in Kirkby charged with her murder

He will appear at Merseyside Domestic Violence remand court on Thursday

Liverpool Echo · Aug 24, 2022

‘I couldn’t even find enough women to form a band’: Della Mae’s battle for a bluegrass breakthrough

Known for their riotous shows, the Grammy-nominated US group have also been kicking up dust by singing about subjects from domestic abuse to mass shootings and the BLM movement

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022

Fatal stabbings highlight violence against women in Egypt

A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and activists say.

Reuters · Aug 24, 2022

Ex-NRL player has two charges thrown out

Two domestic violence charges have been dropped against former Melbourne and Canberra NRL player Curtis Scott but seven more are still hanging over his head.

AAP · Aug 24, 2022

Police DV officer told woman 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' a day before her husband died, inquest hears

A Townsville inquest hears Queensland police are entering the job woefully unprepared for domestic and family violence matters, but that training is aiming to improve the situation in north Queensland.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Ryan Giggs trial jury told they are not overseeing ‘court of morals’

Jurors have begun deliberating their verdicts over claims of domestic abuse and assault against ex-footballer

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022