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Reports of sexual assault reach six-year high in Australia

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Australian Bureau of Statistics, 13 July 2016 Reports of sexual assault have reached a six-year high on the back of a three per cent rise since last year, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. There were 21,380 victims of sexual assault recorded by police during 2015. This was an increase of three per cent on the previous year, and the highest number of sexual...

More than third of sexual assaults, homicides linked to domestic violence, ABS data shows

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ABC News, Updated July 13, 20016 at 2:39pm More than a third of sexual assaults and homicides recorded in Australia last year were domestic violence-related, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The 2015 crime statistics also show that there were 21,380 victims of sexual assault across the country, a rise of 3 per cent on the previous year, and a six...

John & Tony’s story: love, brain injury, and domestic violence

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news.com.au, October 14, 20159:40am At their most severe, John’s outbursts have inflicted broken teeth and stitches to his partner Tony’s head. It’s rare to hear someone admit to being a perpetrator of domestic violence. And what John has done is shocking. There’s no question about it. But everyone close to John attests that he was never violent before he sustained a severe brain injury nine...

Violence against women survey shows there is ‘more work to be done’

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Guardian, Wednesday 17 September 2014 15.17 AEST Many Australians believe there are circumstances where violence against women can be excused and almost one in five believe if a woman is raped while intoxicated she is partly responsible, a national survey has found. Alison Macdonald, the acting chief executive of Domestic Violence Victoria, said the report highlighted much more work was needed to...

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