Australia news live: new Labor president Kate Ellis warns party against ‘turning hurt into anger’; Hanson accuses media of twisting her words on DV

New South Wales is seeing a decline in self-reported domestic violence, yet the number of women and children murdered or hospitalised in family violence incidents has not meaningfully shifted over the past eight years. The Guardian reports that the drop in self-reported cases matters because it reflects underlying levels of violence in the community, not just what reaches police — suggesting that even as police-recorded incidents rise, actual violence may be trending down. The disconnect helps explain a widespread perception that violence against women is climbing, driven by more police reports, heightened media attention and greater public awareness. The finding lands amid a broader political week, with new Labor president Kate Ellis warning the party against turning hurt into anger, and One Nation's Pauline Hanson accusing the media of twisting her words on domestic violence.

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