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Family violence in Indigenous communities is linked with the Domestic violence policy (Parliament of Australia, 2011). The Current definition used by the Australia government to guide domestic violence policies. Is that domestic violence “refers to acts of violence that occur between people who have, or have had, an intimate relationship” (Chung & Wendt, 2015, p.202). In addition the policy states that violence in a family relationship to be between two people related by blood or marriage. (Department of communities Child Safety and Disability Services, 2012). Thus family violence must have a separate policy to be able to address the accurate impacts of the problem in Indigenous Communities (Larsen & Peterson, 2010).

For the purposes of this paper, the definition of family violence provided in the Queensland Family Violence Protection Act 2012 is utilised. According to the Act, family violence is behaviour that controls or dominates a family member in any way, and causes them to feel fear for their own, or another family member’s, safety or wellbeing. It can include physical, sexual, psychological,

Today, at this very moment, we are living in a world plagued with domestic violence. We are living in a world in which people are scared of being physically, sexually or emotionally abused by someone they love; their partner, their parent or any other member of their family. This is one of the most aggressive, personal forms of violence and sadly, it's also one of the most common. Australians are more likely to be abused or even killed by someone known to them, than anyone else. We are most likely to be hurt by those we love. We are more likely to be abused in our own homes, the place that should act as a haven, the one place we should feel safe and loved, than anywhere else. This war happening within our homes, is a war that is being fought silently. We, as Australians, have so much further to go on the epidemic of domestic violence, and we have so much more to do if we ever dream of eliminating it.

Out of the shadows and into the limelight, the once hidden crime of domestic violence has recently emerged within the Australian community as a widespread criminal issue. This abuse of power occurs in a relationship when one partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate and control the other. Inflicting physical harm upon another human being is undoubtedly a breach of the criminal law, yet the Australian legal system takes little measures to protect the wider community from this type of violence. According to Family Lawyer Richard Ingleby, domestic violence has often been condoned by the legal system due to the fact that assaults occur in the ‘private’ realm of the home where legal measures are regarded as inappropriate, and interventionist. However, by overlooking domestic violence as a criminal offence, does the Australian legal system fail to adequately protect the family unit from this form of violence? Recent studies from the Australian Bureau of Statics have revealed that 23% of women who have ever been married or engaged in a de facto relationship have experienced violence by a partner at some time during the relationship. Due to the secrecy that once surrounded this kind of abuse, victims often feel unable to speak out and seek help, therefore even large surveys cannot provide accurate estimates of the extend of domestic violence within the Australia community (Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, 1998). Despite the high incidence rate of

For a long time, there was a belief that situations that arose within the family were solely a private matter. Women were treated as possessions of men and the law did not legally recognise the rape of a wife by her husband. In recent times, society’s attitudes towards domestic violence have changed considerably. Once, the only avenue that existed for victims of domestic violence was through criminal law. Today, all states of Australia have enacted various forms of domestic violence legislation to deal with this growing problem within our communities.

Domestic Violence is a major issue in Australia right now and many believe that there are not enough resources to help domestic violence victims. 25% of women report being affected by domestic violence in their lifetimes and yet there is still not much being done. One of the main reasons women stays in the home where they are experiencing domestic abuse is because they do not feel safe leaving their home. Domestic violence victims are being turned away from refuges and being sent to motels and caravan parks, the refuges instead take in homeless people.

Domestic violence is a growing concern in Australia. Police handled more than 3,000 domestic violence matters in just one suburb of Brisbane in the past 12 months and for the whole of Queensland, handled another 25,000 matters.

In order to successfully decrease the cases of drug addiction, society needs to remember that we cannot change the physiological effects of drugs, but we can prevent individuals from turning into them. In other words, the primary focus should be on the individual and not the drug.

The term ‘‘domestic violence’’ will be used in this entry and will refer primarily to female victims of male perpetrators. While it is also recognized that abuse can occur in

Domestic violence can be a serious of behaviours towards a person either a partner or child, a few of these behaviours can include Physical, Sexual, Emotional, Psychological, Threatening and being controlling which causes fear of safety and wellbeing of the person affected. At least 23% of women in Australia have experienced domestic or family violence and the latest Australian Bureau of statistics figures point out, these accounts for around 2.2 million women. (Australia & Statistics, 2013) The abusive behaviour is a pattern through which a person seeks to control and dominate on another person. According to ABC NEWS “In Queensland alone there are 180 cases of family violence reported daily” (‘Quentin Bryce fears domestic violence getting worse’, 2015) ‘36 percent of children’ get exposed to domestic violence,by hearing or even seeing the harm on the family, the mother, father, brother or sister or even experiences the effects themselves.(

Domestic violence status, in theory, recognised as a “real” crime and it is a form of criminal offences. In NSW the Bureau of Crime and Statistics and Research states that the females as young as fifteen years old go through physical violence. It is also indicated that one out of five women has been sexually abused (Shircore et al. 2017, p. 538). However, the research by the NSW Ombudsman (2006) revealed that the police response toward domestic violence calls which mostly affecting CALD women are deficient. In fact, the lull over domestic violence is culturally ingrained, and only once a situation is considered dangerous are the authorities involved.

The report is focused on the strategies of Australian and Chinese government use to reduce the incidence of domestic violence.

Domestic violence will always happen within society, and this is due to gender inequality. Gender refers to men and women having different socially constructed roles within society, we expect different roles from both men and women and we expect different behaviours from both genders, this can be constructed through our interaction with other people. We expect both genders to behave in different, for example we may expect women to be devoting mother and the father to be the one who goes out to work. As men will always see themselves as the sexes that are stronger. With the rise of what has become a global women's movement, the legitimacy and invisibility of such violence became challenged. Today, male gender-based violence against women is globally recognized as a health, economic development, and human rights concern (Amnesty International, 2004). When we think about domestic violence we normally assume that it is the male in the relationship that is the violent one. Feminists researchers claim that if we want domestic violence to end then structures of gender inequality must change. As domestic violence is now more understood, many victims are now willing to talk about it to even get help.

It is the 21st Century and the media has one of the most significant impacts on raising awareness. Domestic Violence is a significant problem in New Zealand, and an alarming cause for concern. In the 20th Century, Domestic violence was acknowledged as a crucial problem within families and our societies. In my opinion, the mainstream media and organisations which fight against domestic violence, have a tendency to distort the problem of domestic violence, misinforming our modern society.

Most often the term ‘Domestic Violence’, pictures a scene where a woman is beaten up by her husband. But is the scope of the term just limited to that or is there much more to it? Is domestic violence actually a women’s issue or is there something to do with the issues involving the men in our society? Is it the wife who is subjected to such torturous situations or do the mothers, sisters and daughters also face similar situations at home? These are certain questions that need to be answered to make one understand the true implications of domestic violence.