Ed Husic says Labor ‘allergic to dissent’ and Australians want to see politicians ‘stand up for something’ – as it happened

New data out of New South Wales points to a more complicated picture of domestic violence than the headlines suggest. According to The Guardian, self-reported incidents have declined — a meaningful signal, since those figures reflect underlying violence in the community rather than only what reaches police. Yet over the past eight years, the number of women and children murdered or hospitalised in domestic and family violence has not significantly fallen. The Guardian notes a widespread perception that violence against women is rising, driven by higher police-recorded incidents and greater public awareness, even as the community-level data may be trending the other way.

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