On one Friday every month, Queensland's Red Rose Foundation has held a vigil to remember those who have been murdered and abused during toxic relationships.
This Friday's regular vigil at Speakers Place, outside Queensland's Parliament, was especially poignant — and well-attended — given the horrific deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three children at Camp Hill this week.
More than 200 people gathered outside Parliament House in Brisbane to support the Red Rose Foundation and rallies were also held in regional centres including Cairns, Townsville and Mackay.
There are currently almost 2,200 people on Queensland's public housing waiting list who are known to be at risk of domestic violence.
They make up about 10 per cent of the 22,200 applicants on the register in total, according to new figures obtained by ABC News after a Right to Information request.
The use of technology to perpetrate abuse is becoming increasingly common. Devices are being used to track, stalk and monitor victims of domestic and family violence.
The Palaszczuk Government will refer the matter of consent in rape and sexual assault cases to the Queensland Law Reform Commission.
“… under Queensland’s Criminal Code, consent must be given freely and voluntarily by someone with the capacity to give it, and anyone found guilty of rape could be jailed for life,” Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath.
RizeUp was founded three years ago and has just reached a bittersweet milestone — completing the furnishing of its 500th home.
RizeUp Australia carries out home makeovers for domestic violence (DV) survivors.
A Queensland man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for encouraging and helping his wife to kill herself, so he could access her $1.4 million life insurance.
Women's agencies have raised very serious safety questions with the federal government’s new online health service, My Health Record, saying domestic violence perpetrators can potentially access victims' confidential health records.
Micah Projects’ Brisbane Domestic Violence Service (BDVS) is calling on the people of Brisbane to wear something orange, and decorate their workplaces and shopfronts with orange livery, as part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
16 Days of Activism is a UN-led, international campaign that runs from 25 November until 10 December (World Human Rights Day).
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