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| UpdatedRussians opposed to the decriminalisation of domestic violence say they have not given up hope of bringing in a new law to protect women. But they are up against changing cultural norms that are seeing Russia become increasingly conservative.
Topics: domestic-violence, gays-and-lesbians, russian-federation
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| UpdatedFormer Bandido Lionel Patea, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Tara Brown, has a history of breaching domestic violence orders and attacked the young Gold Coast mother a week before killing her.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, qld, molendinar-4214, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedOrganisers of an animal shelter for pets of domestic violence victims in Victoria say they are struggling to meet the high demands on their service, meaning women and children are staying in high-risk and violent homes for longer.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedSupreme Court Justice Debra Mullins sentences former Bandido bikie Lionel Patea to life in jail for the bashing murder of his ex-partner Tara Brown on the Gold Coast.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedFormer Bandido bikie Lionel Patea pleads guilty to murder after running his ex-partner's car off the road and bashing her with a metal plate while she was trapped in the wreckage.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, molendinar-4214, southport-4215
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A 31-year-old Canberra man is charged with assaulting his former partner three times over the past month, all witnessed at close range by their sons aged two and four.
Topics: domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, assault, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedPolice accuse a Brisbane man of deliberately grabbing the steering wheel of his ex-girlfriend's car, causing it to crash head-on into a ute and leaving her seriously injured.
Topics: courts-and-trials, assault, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedFormer AFL footballer Ben Cousins is arrested in Perth and charged with a number of drug and stalking violence offences, including seven counts of breaching a violence restraining order.
Topics: drug-offences, domestic-violence, bicton-6157, armadale-6112
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| UpdatedThe violent murder of Tara Costigan at the hands of her former partner Marcus Rappel shocked and devastated Canberra. But what has changed in the years since her death?
Topics: domestic-violence, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA judge describes the actions of Marcus Rappel, who killed his ex-partner Tara Costigan with an axe in her Canberra home while she held their week-old daughter, as being "vicious and cowardly".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, domestic-violence, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Topics: domestic-violence, women, prisons-and-punishment, animation, film, community-education, kalgoorlie-6430
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Women inmates at a WA prison have drawn on their personal experience of domestic violence to create a new short film.
Topics: womens-health, women, domestic-violence, prisons-and-punishment, animation, film, short-film, community-education, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedThe high social cost of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea is well known but the economic impact, and in particular the cost to businesses, is less clear.
Topics: women, domestic-violence, business-economics-and-finance, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA Sydney magistrate denies bail to Shahab Ahmed, who is accused of stabbing his wife to death in Parramatta on Saturday night, describing an account the 33-year-old gave to police as "chilling"
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedPolice charge a man with the murder of his partner, who was fatally stabbed in Sydney's west overnight in what is being described as a case of domestic violence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, police, domestic-violence, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedFor the past six months I have refused to watch any film or TV show that features violence against women, writes Laura Hartnell. Women are more than just pieces of flesh to be destroyed.
Topics: popular-culture, television, film-movies, domestic-violence, women
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| UpdatedJeffery Lecke admits to being in denial about hitting his wife and says he would probably have breached the domestic violence order keeping him away from her if not for a newly formed police unit on the Sunshine Coast.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, family-law, people, police, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThere's been a plea for the role of men in combating gender-based violence in PNG not to be ignored.
Topics: domestic-violence, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe former partner of rugby league star Semi Radradra tells a Sydney court he punched her in the face soon after she gave birth, and then confessed to their pastor.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sport, nrl, rugby-league, domestic-violence, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedHundreds of families displaced by tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's volatile highlands region have been given help to rebuild their shattered lives.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, domestic-violence, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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A Russian tattoo artist turns scars of violence into things of beauty, boosting the confidence of domestic abuse victims.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, visual-art, psychology, law-crime-and-justice, family-law, russian-federation
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In the days after Teresa Bradford was killed by her estranged husband, the Women's Legal Service Queensland helpline received 47 per cent more calls than usual from women concerned it could happen to them.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, suicide, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedVictims of domestic violence will be notified if their alleged attacker applies for bail under a bill proposed by Queensland's Opposition.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, community-and-society, suicide, activism-and-lobbying, pimpama-4209, qld, southport-4215, mermaid-beach-4218
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| UpdatedA woman who became the victim of an online sex scam at the hands of a former lover tells a Brisbane court she felt humiliated and "a prisoner in her own home".
Topics: pornography, sexual-offences, domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAlongside the impossible pain and hefty medical expenses, acid attack victims are often faced with a closed door when attempting to re-enter society and find work. But they are now asking employers to see their skills, not their scars.
Topics: women, assault, domestic-violence, india