The Latest Breaking News from domestic violence

More safe rooms attached to courts are being established to allow vulnerable witnesses across NSW to give evidence without fear or intimidation.

Keshia Golden had been the victim of repeated domestic violence, according to police and court records. “She didn’t mean to kill anyone,” her mother said. “She just wanted him to leave because he was acting out, and she was worried about hurting the baby. And he wouldn’t go.”

NT Police Minister Kate Worden says officers are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances, but women with first-hand experience of violence see things very differently.

Queensland has passed laws for courier conditions to be set, parental leave more flexible and domestic violence leave to be extended to casual workers.

A new program in the Illawarra aimed at breaking the cycle of domestic violence is already showing results.

The new law was passed by the Federal Government on Thursday.

Millions of Australian workers will soon be eligible for 10 days of paid domestic violence leave after laws underpinning the entitlements cleared parliament.

Legislation enshrining 10 days paid domestic violence leave a year has cleared the Senate and will soon become commonwealth law.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people and mentions domestic violence and murder.

News reporting on sexual and domestic violence ignores the multiple inequities faced by victims from culturally diverse backgrounds, and First Nations peoples.

LOS ANGELES — Ambyr Childers, who was married to filmmaker Randall Emmett for eight years, is seeking a domestic violence restraining order from her ex-husband.