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28/12/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, Homicide law reform, New publication, New research, Policy, Violence against women

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

Over the past 10 years, criminal legislation in Australia has been reformed substantially, to ensure the law reflects evolving contemporary understandings of different forms of domestic and family violence, including non-physical forms of abuse. This includes recent reforms to introduce an offence of coercive control and affirmative consent legislation On 15 November 2023, the Queensland […]

11/10/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | New publication, News Article, Prevention, Sexual violence, Uncategorized, Violence against women

‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University This week the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls presented a report detailing the violence experienced by women and girls in sport globally. The report provides a global snapshot of the abuse women athletes experience, who is most likely to perpetrate the violence, and makes recommendations […]

17/09/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, Femicide, New publication, News Article, Perpetrators, Suicide, Uncategorized

New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University and Stefani Vasil, Australian Catholic University Domestic, family and sexual violence is rightly recognised as a national crisis. While the evidence base has built significantly in recent years, one important missing piece of the puzzle is how these forms of violence have impacted people who die by suicide across the country. […]

20/08/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Children and young people, Domestic and family violence, New publication, Policy, Violence against women

Forthcoming book: Our National Crisis

I am extremely grateful to Monash University Publishing for the opportunity to write another book as part of their In the National Interest, building on my earlier contribution to this series. 📌 Violence against women and children is a national crisis. Nearly a decade has passed since family violence was first declared a national emergency […]

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

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‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

17/09/2024

New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

20/08/2024

New publication

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

Forthcoming book: Our National Crisis

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Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

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Forthcoming book: Our National Crisis