Bail laws and greater data sharing between states about high risk or serial perpetrators will be on the agenda ahead of talks about the prevention of violence against women. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will host his state and territory counterparts and police ministers in Canberra on Friday, a meeting that wasContinue Reading
Calls are growing for action after four women were allegedly murdered in domestic violence events in one state over the course of just seven days. In Adelaide, hundreds gathered at a rally outside Parliament House on November 24 demanding a state-based probe into domestic violence. It follows the murder ofContinue Reading
The estranged wife of union boss John Setka has been charged with plotting to kill him. Emma Walters, 46, was charged with incitement to commit conspiracy to murder Setka, who is the Victorian secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. Victoria Police said a 46-year-old woman from FootscrayContinue Reading