Marcia Neave has heard some of the darkest stories involving the deaths and abuse of women across Victoria. They said the monitor played "an important role in monitoring the implementation of the royal commission" and its reports "continue to inform our family violence reform agenda". Overcoming cultural change Ms Neave said the issue of gendered violence has been "so hidden …
As a rise in family violence due to the coronavirus crisis is set to strain an already critically overstretched social support system, some abusers are reportedly using COVID-19 as a psychological weapon. Key points: Social services organisations are getting reports that abusers are using the coronavirus-related threats as a form of emotional-physical abuse Some social workers are confused about what …