A specialist court for domestic violence and sexual assault cases would be established by a NSW Labor government, deputy opposition leader Linda Burney stated recently.
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Solicitors who specialise in helping female victims of Domestic Violence have been providing free, clandestine legal support to suspected victims of family violence, in hospital settings, while they have been receiving treatment for suspicious injuries. ..

Chris Soteriou says his ex-wife, Vicky Soteriou, who plotted his attempted murder – is transferring property to her family from prison to stop him from collecting any money she owes him as a result of suing Vicky for civil damages over the attack…

ONE of the nation’s top judges has called for a separate, less ­formal tribunal to deal with family law cases involving extreme domestic violence, arguing that the current adversarial system is not the right place for women who have been badly abused…

Contrary to the overwhelming perception in society, numerous studies and statistics recently published from a variety of disparate sources have indicated that women are more likely to be verbally and physically aggressive to their partners than men, and are increasingly participating in serious acts of violence against other men, women, the elderly and children…

MOTHERS are faking domestic violence to secure custody of their children, a parliamentary inquiry has been told…

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said the figures showed almost half (47 per cent) involved incidents between parents and their children…

How long will it take for the Abbott government to start counting the cost to the community of its budget changes?..

An online ‘domestic violence study’ has been ordered offline by the University of NSW Human Research Ethics Committee due to it having breached the University’s code of ethics…

The number of domestic violence incidents in WA has risen almost 60 per cent over the past four years, with police attending more than 44,000 calls for help in the past year…