A 36-year-old Symonston man is set to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today, 24 June, following his extradition from NSW on family violence charges.
The ACT Government has allocated more than $12 million extra in the 2024-25 ACT Budget to address domestic, family and sexual violence, including coercive control.
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a family violence incident that occurred during the afternoon and evening of Thursday 29 February in the Gungahlin and Belconnen regions.   Â
Five Canberrans have been arrested after a series of alleged family violence offences overnight –doubling the average daily rate of family violence arrests in the ACT.Â
Systems which categorise young people as either perpetrators or victim-survivors has left services unable to recognise the ongoing impacts of trauma on young people who have experienced adult-perpetrated domestic and family violence or who may have other unmet support needs.
They’re our youngest and most vulnerable citizens, yet despite protection initiatives and support services, between 50,000 and 100,000 children are abused or neglected each year in Australia.
aturday 30 April is International Day to End Corporal Punishment of Children. The list of countries prohibiting corporal punishment in all settings, including the home, is growing fast.
A 34-year-old man has been charged with multiple family violence offences following his arrest in Calwell last night after he had barricaded himself in a toilet cubicle at a shopping centre.
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The heartbreaking rates of domestic and family violence continues to be a stain on Australia, with an estimated 2.2 million adults reported as victims of physical and/or sexual violence by a partner from the age of 15.
The federal government is setting up a Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission as part of its next national plan to end violence against women and children.
