violence

Minister for Domestic Violence Prevention Sabine Winton says there will be no criminalisation of coercive controls before the elections

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The criminalisation of coercive control will not happen until after the next election, said Sabine Winton, Minister for Domestic Violence Prevention. She said the work needed to implement this specific offence would take longer than the remaining months until the Western Australian election. The admission came as Ms Winton and Attorney General John Quigley spoke … Read more

Australian Bravery Awards: Ebony Jones from Perth saves mother from domestic violence

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Few people would receive a call from a little girl telling them she was watching her mother being attacked by a man and immediately rush into violence. But that's exactly what Perth woman Ebony Jones did on January 5 last year when she rushed to the scene of a domestic violence attack at her friend's … Read more

45-year-old man charged with assault and domestic violence after police shooting in Toowoomba, Queensland

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The man who was shot by police appeared in court as prosecutors revealed what allegedly happened in the moments before the shooting. The 45-year-old man appeared in Toowoomba Local Court today charged with four counts of aggravated assault on a police officer in armed combat, two counts of breaching the Domestic Violence Act and one … Read more

The true extent of the killings is revealed in an investigation into domestic violence

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A comprehensive study found that nearly a third of all homicides over more than two decades were caused by domestic violence, highlighting the extent of this growing scourge. The comprehensive NSW report also found that more than half of these killings were attacks on current or former partners, as governments grapple with how best to … Read more