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…

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…

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 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.”..

CHURCH and domestic violence groups have been accused of aiding underground networks that help parents breach custody orders and go on the run with their children.
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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”…

Jess was aided by the police and the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, which is hosting a series of legal information sessions to educate women considering leaving a difficult relationship…

The review and its recommendations are at least as controversial as the four-year-old law, finding that shared parenting laws had been misinterpreted, and were never meant to give a 50-50 custody split to each parent…