State’s response to surge in family violence order breaches ‘inadequate’

State’s response to surge in family violence order breaches ‘inadequate’

There were more than 48,000 intervention order breaches in 2019-20,a report into family violence reform has found.

  • byWendy Tuohy

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Women say ‘I have to have sex to keep us safe’:Call for Medicare-funded family violence plans

Women say ‘I have to have sex to keep us safe’:Call for Medicare-funded family violence plans

As family violence rates hit record highs in Victoria,GPs say there is urgent need for 10-session family safety management plans to be funded under Medicare.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘Still very much a state emergency’:What family violence statistics tell us

‘Still very much a state emergency’:What family violence statistics tell us

The final piece in our series on family violence examines the data,the trends and what the experts say it all means.

  • byRachael Dexter
‘This work is not done’:Children still dying amid family violence

‘This work is not done’:Children still dying amid family violence

Victorian children born after the Royal Commission into Family Violence delivered its landmark report five years ago have already died from abuse.

  • byRachael Dexter
‘Work on that gap’:Indigenous,culturally diverse women struggle for family violence support

‘Work on that gap’:Indigenous,culturally diverse women struggle for family violence support

Five years after the Royal Commission into Family Violence,rates of violence against Indigenous women continue to increase and organisations promised consistent funding say they still have to plead for money to develop programs.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Police undergoing a ‘significant cultural shift’ on family violence

Police undergoing a ‘significant cultural shift’ on family violence

The way Victoria Police treats family violence has been turned on its head,but five years on from the royal commission,has the response changed?

  • byTammy Mills
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‘You still battle’:Rosie Batty on five years of family violence action

‘You still battle’:Rosie Batty on five years of family violence action

The horrific killing of Luke Batty by his father laid the groundwork for a royal commission and $3 billion worth of Victorian reforms. Five years on,are women and children safer?

  • byWendy Tuohy
Do behaviour change programs stop men being violent?

Do behaviour change programs stop men being violent?

Millions have been spent on men’s behaviour change programs after the Royal Commission into Family Violence called for an increased focus on abusers. But do they work?

  • byJewel Topsfield
Woman who left abusive partners says she ‘felt judged’ for her choices

Woman who left abusive partners says she ‘felt judged’ for her choices

Amanda Bingham,who met her second abusive partner when running away from the first,wants to help other women who have been mistreated by men,and the system.

  • byRachael Dexter
‘False hope’:Women stuck in violent homes five years after royal commission

‘False hope’:Women stuck in violent homes five years after royal commission

Five years after Victoria’s landmark Royal Commission into Family Violence reports to police are at an all-time high,women are being hospitalised because of family violence at the same rates and 26,000 women and children are being turned away from housing services every year.

  • byWendy Tuohy