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  Domestic violence of any shape or form is not tolerated in our community. What are domestic violence and family violence? Domestic and family violence involves one person in a relationship using violence or abuse to maintain power and control over the other party in the relationship. It is normally an ongoing pattern of behavior aimed at controlling the other person through fear. Avoid the legal consequences and seek representation to avoid complications. The Department of Communities, Child Safety, and Disability Services have listed many forms of domestic violence and this can include: physical abuse (including slapping, hitting, punching, pushing, kicking) threatening to hurt you, your children, pets, relatives, friends, or work colleagues threatening to disclose your sexual orientation to other people against your wishes threatening to, or depriving you of your liberty (including locking you in the house so you cannot go out) stalking (including constantly following you by fo...

    Good on you Bettina Arndt Setting out the true facts in regard to DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Bettina wrote in Weekend Australia dated 09/10 July 2016, “for years now all the key players in our well-orchestrated domestic violence sector have been singing from the same page, happily accepting government funds to promote the idea that domestic violence is all about dangerous men terrorising their partners”. Where have all the hundreds of millions of dollars gone that Turnbull has boasted about going towards government funded domestic violence organisations? Where have the monies gone? Bettina goes on to say, “what started out as a sensible campaign to raise money for an important cause – providing support for battered women – has morphed into a huge propaganda industry determined to promote a simplistic male – blaming perspective on this complex social issue”. Bettina refers to the powerful female bureaucrats running these thriving organisations which downplay statistics dem...

    During 2014 the then-Premier, Campbell Newman commissioned former Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce to draft a report on the prevalence of domestic violence in Queensland.  The resulting  Not Now, Not Ever: Putting an End to Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland report  was delivered to now Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, at Parliament House in Brisbane recently. The state government has announced that a dedicated domestic violence Court will be established at Southport on the Gold Coast in an attempt to provide access to justice for victims of domestic violence. With a 20% rise in domestic violence incidents reported to police last year over the previous year I think everyone agrees that the more avenues for victims of domestic violence gain access to justice and protection the better! The importance of stamping out domestic violence in our society is of the highest priority.  Such initiatives as the long-running White Ribbon campaign highlight t...