Tag: family violence
Almost 9 in 10 young Australians who use family violence experienced child abuse: new research
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How prevalent is young people’s use of family violence in Australia, what form does it take and how does it intersect with experiences...
Jobs Summit prime opportunity to Unite A Caring Australia
Equality, fairness and the shared vision of a better future are core objectives in both the Jobs Summit and UnitingCare Australia's 2022 Federal Election Policy...
More help required: the crisis in family violence during the coronavirus pandemic
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Victoria is in the grip of its most severe lockdown since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This means opportunities for victims of...
When mothers are killed by their partners, children often become ‘forgotten’ victims. It’s time they were given a voice
Ethical safeguards mean the effect of domestic homicide
on children is rarely researched. Shutterstock
Last month, eight women died as the result of male...
Let’s make it mandatory to teach respectful relationships in every Australian school
The Victorian government is rolling out respectful relationships
education in primary and secondary schools across the state. from shutterstock.com
Media reports of findings from the latest National...
Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not ‘abduction’, but that’s how the law sees it
The Hague Convention on child abduction was drafted to
deal with fathers abducting their children across borders after losing
custody, but it’s applied mainly to...