Safe Steps is Victoria’s 24/7 Family Violence Response Centre, assisting women and children experiencing family violence though their phone line and specialist support services. In the 2017-2018 financial year they received 104,189 calls – unsurprising considering 1 in 4 Australian women are aff...
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The Rise in Domestic Violence – What is being done?
This year the government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiled data on the prevalence of domestic violence. It was found that on average one woman every week is killed by a current or former partner. In addition to this the report found that family violence had rapidly g...
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