Until recently, stories of domestic and family violence rarely made the Australian news.
But this supposedly background social issue has hardly been out of the headlines recently thanks to a series of family violence-related tragedies and standout investigative reporting on this previously off-limits subject rarely mentioned in public discussion.
Importantly, this recent attention has not only increased public awareness of the issues in Australia, but has also helped shift the dial at a political level – with a host of Federal Government parliamentarians speaking out about family violence as a matter of national concern.
