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The need for prevention and early intervention to address youth crime

As someone who researches, writes, and advocates in this space, I cannot ignore how far these reforms drift from what we know works, what fairness demands, and what Australia has committed to uphold under international law. Australia is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. That requires more than symbolic […]
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National Press Club Address to launch the Adolescent Man Box study

To mark the release of a landmark new study, Matt Tyler, Executive Director of the Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services, and Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon, an international expert in domestic and family violence, addressed the National Press Club on 6 November 2025 to officially launch the Adolescent Man Box Report. Released today by Jesuit Social […]
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Australia has ministers for seniors and youth. So why not a minister for children?

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University Child safety and wellbeing is never far from the headlines, and no more so than recently, with shocking allegations of child sexual abuse in childcare centres. These revelations have sparked much-needed national conversations about how we can better protect children. They have also exposed how fragmented and reactive Australia’s approach to […]
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The major parties have announced their plans to address domestic and family violence. How do they stack up?

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University and Hayley Boxall, Australian National University In the past week, at least seven women have been killed in Australia, allegedly by men. These deaths have occurred in different contexts – across state borders, communities and relationships. But are united by one truth: they are part of the ongoing national crisis of […]
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Australia had a national reckoning over domestic violence, but where’s the focus this election?

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University and Hayley Boxall, Australian National University For most of this federal election campaign, politicians have said very little about violence against women and children. Now in the fourth week of the five-week campaign, Labor has released its “commitment to women” announcement. The Coalition has also flagged it will have something to […]
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Victorian Perpetrator Inquiry Report released

The Victorian Parliament Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee has released its final report: “Building the evidence base: Inquiry into capturing data on people using family violence in Victoria.” 💬 I was grateful for the opportunity to give evidence during the public hearings for this important inquiry in my capacity as Chair of Respect Victoria. […]
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9 years on … the same reforms remain desperately needed for children as victim-survivors of family violence in their own right.

9 years ago today Dr Wendy O’Brien and I wrote an article for The Conversation highlighting the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence finding that children are the ‘silent victims’ of family violence. 📚 At the time we overviewed the Royal Commission’s findings that as a legacy of limited or incomplete data-gathering, siloed responses, and […]
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Response to the March 2025 Federal Budget

With Safe and Equal CEO Tania Farha and No to Violence CEO Phillip Ripper, Principal Consultant Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon spoke with News.com.au reporter Natalie Brown following last night’s federal budget. Frontline domestic, family and sexual violence services across Australia have repeatedly told us they are stretched beyond capacity. On the ground, this means turning away […]
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Children still invisible victims in national response to domestic and family violence

In today’s Herald Sun newspaper (page 21), Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People Liana Buchanan urge the government to invest significantly and urgently to improve whole of system responses to children who experience domestic and family violence. Source: Herald Sun, 27 February 2025. What has Australia learned since the horrific […]
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Two years on: The impact of paid domestic and family violence leave in Australia

This week marks two years since the introduction of paid domestic and family violence leave—a critical reform ensuring that up to 12.4 million workers, including casuals, have access to 10 days of paid leave each year. For victim-survivors, this leave can mean the difference between safety and financial insecurity. It provides the time and security […]
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Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Milei dismissed femicide laws as a product of “woke” culture and […]
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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 […]
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World Children’s Day 2024

Today is the United Nations World Children’s Day. 20 November marks the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This year UNICEF Australia are encouraging everyone […]
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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 […]
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