More than half of the children in out-of-home care in NSW are being looked after by NGOs, with little government oversight and no measure to assess that care
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/09/its-high-time-we-looked-at-the-care-of-vulnerable-children-nsw-is-failing-them?
Category: Domestic Violence
Research Into How Children Experience Animal Abuse Shows Why Domestic Violence Shelters Should…
https://psmag.com/research-into-how-children-experience-animal-abuse-shows-why-domestic-violence-shelters-should-7f3fad784c50#.apue627hl
[category: global, domestic violence]
Lack of legal aid funding for domestic violence forcing women to drop cases: lawyers –
The potential of Facebook Mums Groups
Over the past 12 months Inner West Mums has assisted up to five women fleeing domestic violence, part of its role as a “non-judgmental and supportive network.”
http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/big-business-increasingly-courting-facebook-mums-groups-20160421-gobn2r.html
The signs of financial abuse.
Law students take on domestic violence
Pledge to reform Family Court 'empty rhetoric' without funding, Chief Justice says
Hanson's plans for the family courts: please explain?
Pressure to reform the Family Court is coming from all sides of politics, but the proposals do not all have equal merit.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/hansons-plans-for-the-family-court-please-explain-20160727-gqesgn.html
If the AFL were serious about domestic violence, Wayne Carey wouldn’t have been on TV last night.
They’ve launched a women’s league and claim to support the White Ribbon campaign, but clearly its just lip service while they employ a known perpetrator of domestic violence as a public spokesperson.
http://www.mamamia.com.au/wayne-carey-domestic-violence/
The financial abuse that affects 2 million Australian women
Financial abuse – the domestic violence no one talks about.
http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/top-stories/item/7206-the-financial-abuse-that-affects-2-million-australian-women