The challenge of domestic violence in Australia

 According to reports, Australian police receive a domestic violence report every two minutes. An estimated 4.2 million adults in Australia (21%, or 1 in 5) have at least one partner's violence or abuse. Since the age of 15, more women than men have been victims of economic, sexual, or violent abuse at the hands of their partners.

15% of men and 27% of women in Australia reported having been the victim of violence or abuse by a partner, according to Will Milne, head of crime and justice statistics. According to the survey, women who experience financial anxiety are more likely to experience violence and abuse from their partners. Compared to women who lived in households without financial difficulties, those who did so reported more instances of violence or abuse from their partners during the previous two years.

Indigenous Australian women are up to seven times more likely to be murdered than the national average, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). Statistics show that 72% of these women have been killed by their current or past partners.

This report revealed that 476 Indigenous women were killed between July 1989 and June 2023. According to this report, nearly all of the victims of the police-investigated incidents—97% of them, in particular—were murdered by acquaintances.

Australian police ignore complaints of domestic abuse

In nations that assert women's rights, police indifference to the problem of domestic violence and its victims is not uncommon. Only one in ten men who committed domestic violence in New South Wales, Australia, were prosecuted, according to the Guardian, which cited the results of a rare survey conducted there.

By the age of 37, 6.3% of Australian men in New South Wales had been wanted by the police for a domestic violence or family crime, according to research published by the Australian Institute of Criminology. The study examined the number of police actions against individuals, including court referrals, criminal infringement notices, cautions, and other infringement notices, and examined demographic groups born in 1984, 1994, and 2004.