In this case, the Family Court gave sole parental responsibility to the mother and prohibited the father from seeing or communicating with his two children because of his temper…

ALMOST 3000 employees have won the right to extra paid leave to help them deal with domestic violence, under a landmark deal between Victoria’s Swinburne University and the National Tertiary Education Union…

The threats to kill, strangle and maim pets are becoming part of the regular revenge tactics of divorcing couples as they argue over the custody of children and animals…

Allegations of child sexual abuse are being increasingly invented by mothers to stop fathers from seeing their children, says a retiring Family Court judge…

Aurora is a free app that allows victims of domestic violence to quickly send an emergency message to a trusted friend or police for help…

A MAN had a heart attack after discovering his wife had spent $170,000 on her lover during an affair, a court has heard. The husband claimed his wife had spent $201,000 on the affair. He fought to have her made responsible for the missing money in their divorce settlement…

A WOMAN has claimed she was the victim of family violence because her husband was a neat freak, but the Court found that although his behaviour may have been sexist or insensitive, it was not family violence.”..

Tasmania’s RSPCA has started looking after the pets of families affected by domestic violence…

POLICE will be able to issue apprehended domestic violence orders on the spot without court approval in what the government says is the “single most practical meaningful reform in combating domestic violence in memory”…

EVERY case of domestic violence reported to police, hospitals and non-government organisations will be recorded on a central data base under plans for a sweeping overhaul of domestic violence laws…