Domestic violence
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Crime
Woman stabbed to death in front of kids in Melbourne’s east; man arrested
Three teenage witnesses were at the Bayswater home at the time of the stabbing, with one receiving a minor injury.
- by Sherryn Groch
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Brisbane divorce lawyer reprimanded over ‘offensive’ DV comments
Among the language in his emails were descriptions of another lawyer’s client as “postnatally depressed”, along with a suggestion she was “wandering the earth” with his client’s daughter.
- by Sean Parnell
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Courts
‘I’m going to murder you’: Man pleads guilty under new coercive control law
After years of abuse, the woman walked into a police station. In tears, she told officers what she had endured.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Coroners Court of Victoria
Noeline wasn’t warned her ex had been released from jail early. Soon after, she was murdered
The case has prompted the state coroner to call for an overhaul of the way Victoria deals with family violence perpetrators.
- by Erin Pearson
Man who murdered his wife in Northcote garage jailed for 24 years
The anti-vaxxer bludgeoned his scientist wife to death with a 7.5-kilogram metal car ramp.
- by Holly Hales
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‘It’s murdering them by proxy’: The women’s deaths not counted as domestic violence
Charli Powell, 17, and Molly Wilkes, 22, are two invisible victims. A 60 Minutes investigation suggests there are many more.
- by Dimity Clancey and Anne Worthington
Saoirse Ronan’s riposte on gendered violence goes global
Anti-violence advocates are praising the actress for directly addressing such an important topic on a public platform.
- by Nell Geraets
Ellie Price’s young son begged for her body to be dug up because he ‘misses his mum so much’
Price’s sister has told the court her nephew, now aged eight, is still traumatised years after his mother’s death.
- by Holly Hales
The devices designed to save women’s lives rolling out across NSW
From today, men who are charged with serious domestic violence crimes will be fitted with GPS-enabled electronic monitoring bracelets.
- by Michael McGowan
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When Fatime sought refuge from family violence, all she found was grief and tragedy
She is one of a vast number of women with no legal status in Australia falling through the gaps of a flawed family-violence safety net.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Courts
Perth mum washed knife, cut carrots as boyfriend bled out, court told
Claudia Federico was holding a large kitchen knife on the stairs of her West Perth home during an argument with her boyfriend last year. Now she’s on trial over his death.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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