Facing up to epidemic of domestic violence

By Penny Jane Burke
Updated October 6 2015 - 11:33am, first published 11:23am
Facing up to epidemic of domestic violence
Facing up to epidemic of domestic violence

Violence against women is rampant in Australia. The estimated cost of violence against women and children is a staggering $13.6 billion per year. Shocking levels of domestic violence have led Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to pledge a $100 million domestic violence package. The costs of domestic violence to our society in financial terms are clearly huge and significant. However the costs are not simply financial ones. We need to carefully consider how to address the shock waves of domestic violence that reverberate across the country and into the very fabric of society.

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