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May 7, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2

"In just 58 weeks, 113 women and 19 children killed. We’ve also seen an increase in the platforming and normalisation of men who are not good blokes. Yes, prominent men have always been forgiven for their “indiscretions” – misogynistic attitudes, harassment, domestic violence. But the way in which social media and mainstream media pedestal men with appalling pasts and horrific attitudes towards women has taken a darker turn, and these men have become increasingly influential...As these men – and others like them – become more normalised and mainstreamed, the rate of violence against women increases. This is no coincidence. When toxic and violent men are platformed, there’s a trickle-down effect:...more
May 7, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2

"In 2024, we lost 101 women to violence. 16 children were also killed" (Para 13). "There were 11 victims of murder-suicide, and a murder charge applied to about 60 per cent of killings – other charges included manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, assault, and so on" (Para 27). This is about the 101 women killed in 2024 (JS-CODER COMMENT).
May 7, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Of the 101 women killed in 2024, we found all but two of the accused killers were male. About 56 per cent of deaths were domestic-and-family violence related. A further 24 per cent of women knew their alleged killer, but that person was not a family member. In other words, women are far more likely to be killed by someone who they know than by someone they don’t" (Para 24).
May 7, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2

"At the time of writing, there have been 78 women killed this year due to gender-based violence, according to advocacy group Destroy the Joint's project Counting Dead Women. In 2023, this figure stood at 64. In 2022, the organisation tracked 56 deaths, up from 44 in 2021 and 62 in 2020” (Para 5-7). "Australian Femicide Watch...keeps track of female victims of violence, including Australians who have died overseas. According to their tally, 101 Australian women have been killed this year at the time of writing, up from 74 in 2023" (Para 10-11). "According to 'Femicides in 2023', the latest report from United Nations Women and the United Nations Office on...more
May 7, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GP-DATA-5

"Our own service, 1800 FULL STOP — which is an unfunded national trauma counselling service for people subject to domestic family and sexual violence" (Para 15). "The federal government has invested $4 billion into women’s safety across the four domains of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 across its three budgets. This includes 113 individual initiatives to address prevention, early intervention, response, healing and recovery. In 2024, the government also held two dedicated National Cabinets on women’s safety and made the Leaving Violence Program permanent" (Para 34-35).
May 7, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"The federal government has invested $4 billion into women’s safety across the four domains of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 across its three budgets. This includes 113 individual initiatives to address prevention, early intervention, response, healing and recovery. In 2024, the government also held two dedicated National Cabinets on women’s safety and made the Leaving Violence Program permanent" (Para 34-35).
May 7, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"Neesha Eckersley, acting CEO of Women's Community Shelters, an organisation that works with communities to set up crisis accommodation, said it had been an 'incredibly demanding' year. 'We’ve seen unprecedented demand across our growing shelter network. Many shelters have consistently operated at capacity, and unfortunately, this has meant turning away women and children seeking safety due to limited space,' she said. 'The crises in housing supply, housing affordability, and the rising cost of living, alongside an increase in domestic violence-related homicides, have made the situation even more urgent'" (Para 16-18).
May 7, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1

"[A]n organisation supporting people who experience sexual, family or domestic violence, said services are experiencing "enormous surges" in demand across the country" (Para 13).
May 7, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"'We are still seeing one woman a week in this country murdered by her current or former partner,' Barr [Sunrise host Natalie Barr] told Hannah's [victim of DV in Australia] parents Sue and Lloyd Clarke" (para 8). "'All but one of those officers failed her [Ms.Langham, victim of DV who was murdered by her former partner in Australia] - none took her seriously,' criminologist Professor Kerry Carrington told the Coroners Court. 'Huge amounts of information that could have been used to save her either slipped through the cracks or were misinterpreted'" (para 42-43). "Deputy state coroner Jane Bentley concluded police 'failed to take even the most basic steps' and found...more
May 7, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"Twenty Australian women have been allegedly killed in less than five months this year. Almost all were victims of alleged violence by men, according to The Red Heart Campaign" (para 2). "It's estimated one Australian woman dies every week, with many dying allegedly at the hands of men known to them" (para 4). "It's been three years since Australia was shocked by the deaths of their [Sue and Lloyd Clarke, Australian parents] daughter Hannah, 31, and her three children, doused in petrol by her estranged husband, who then set the family car on fire in Brisbane's south. 'We are still seeing one woman a week in this country murdered by...more
May 7, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1

"Patea [Bandidos sergeant-at-arms Lionel Patea, who killed his ex-partner in Australia] pleaded guilty to her murder and was sentenced to life behind bars in 2017" (para 56).
May 7, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"It's estimated one Australian woman dies every week, with many dying allegedly at the hands of men known to them" (para 4). "It's been three years since Australia was shocked by the deaths of their [Sue and Lloyd Clarke, Australian parents] daughter Hannah, 31, and her three children, doused in petrol by her estranged husband, who then set the family car on fire in Brisbane's south. 'We are still seeing one woman a week in this country murdered by her current or former partner,' Barr told Hannah's parents Sue and Lloyd Clarke" (para 7-8). "Rowan Baxter, 42, killed Hannah, 31, and her children Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three,...more
May 7, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"An inquest into the apparent murder-suicide in 2022 found that Ms Langham [victim of DV in Australia] spoke to at least 16 different police officers in the five days before she was killed but was turned away. 'All but one of those officers failed her - none took her seriously,' criminologist Professor Kerry Carrington told the Coroners Court. 'Huge amounts of information that could have been used to save her either slipped through the cracks or were misinterpreted'" (para 41-43). "Deputy state coroner Jane Bentley concluded police 'failed to take even the most basic steps' and found numerous missed opportunities in their response to Hely's [Gary Haley, an Australian man...more
May 5, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GP-DATA-6

"Australia has appointed the first ever woman to the role of top legal adviser to the federal government. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland announced on Monday barrister Ruth Higgins SC as the nation's next solicitor general. For the first time in Australia's history both the first and second law officers are women" (para 1-3). "Attorney-General Michelle Rowland congratulated Dr Higgins on becoming the first woman to be appointed to this 'vitally important position'.'The second law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia plays a significant role in promoting the integrity of the rule of law and trust in government and public institutions,' she said" (para 10).
April 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4

According to calculations based off of data collected from the WHO mortality database, the femicide rate for 15-44 year olds in 2021 was 0.6 per 100,000 female (15-44 age) population.
March 31, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
Countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3

“On the top end of the range are Norway, Australia, and Sweden, with 24% to 27% of their senior leadership teams made up of women. In the middle we have the United Kingdom at 18% and France at 13%. On the bottom end of the range are Brazil, Germany, and Mexico with 8% women (although Germany is increasing quickly after implementing quotas), and then India at 5% and Japan at 3%” (para 7).
March 24, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"Her investigation found women from South Asian countries who had moved to Whittlesea faced cultural and geographical barriers to mental health and family violence services, and were at risk of social isolation, family violence and financial dependence. 'Due to these issues, South Asian women often lack agency and experience a sense of powerlessness, making them extremely vulnerable and unlikely to be able to access support services' Ms Jamieson wrote. 'It was [also] widely accepted that violence and control can be compounded by South Asian patriarchal culture.' Coronial reports released this week contain devastating details of each of the women's deaths. They reveal some had suffered domestic abuse, while others had...more
March 24, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Normally he’d attend two a year, but within months a suicide cluster among vulnerable migrant women of South Asian background in his community had grown to seven" (Para 2).
Feb. 12, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DV-SCALE-1

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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Variables: LO-SCALE-3

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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-2

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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Comoros, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Variables: LO-SCALE-1

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Jan. 23, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Men remain the single greatest threat to women, despite constant cries of #NotAllMen, and this threat must be acknowledged if it is going to be changed. As writer and advocate Jane Caro noted yesterday, 'something is badly wrong' and we need an urgent rethink 'of how we model relationships to both boys and girls, but especially boys'" (para 2). "New research shows teenagers are experiencing intimate partner violence at 'troubling' rates, with nearly one third of Australians aged 18 to 19 experiencing it in the past year. NSW Domestic Violence Prevention Minister Jodie Harrison seemed at her wits’ end yesterday, urging the public to 'call out inappropriate behaviour' where they...more
Jan. 23, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"Last week, it was 38-year-old mother Krystal Marshall, found at the scene of a house fire, with a man 'known to' her since charged with murder. Then, 65-year-old woman Thi Thuy Huong Nguyen, allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in her Canberra kitchen. On Wednesday, it was 21-year-old water polo coach Lilie James, killed by a colleague after she ended their brief relationship, with the man having fled and taken his own life. On Sunday, mum-of-four Logee Osias was found unresponsive at her home in Bendigo, two uninjured children nearby, with a man since arrested in relation to her death. Yesterday, a woman’s body was found in a hotel...more
Jan. 23, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"Last year, the Albanese government announced a National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, with the goal of 'ending gender-based violence in one generation'; this year, the government announced a five-year plan to reduce the number of women killed by their partners by 25 per cent a year, along with the first dedicated action plan for Indigenous Australians" (para 3).
Jan. 23, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"65-year-old woman Thi Thuy Huong Nguyen, allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in her Canberra kitchen. On Wednesday, it was 21-year-old water polo coach Lilie James, killed by a colleague after she ended their brief relationship, with the man having fled and taken his own life" (para 1). "It’s often pointed out that on average one Australian woman is murdered by a current or former partner every 10 days. In the past 10 days, at least five women have been killed by men, bringing the total number of women killed by gendered violence this year to 43, according to Counting Dead Women Australia – a number that will no...more
Jan. 23, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"Last year, the Albanese government announced a National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, with the goal of 'ending gender-based violence in one generation'; this year, the government announced a five-year plan to reduce the number of women killed by their partners by 25 per cent a year, along with the first dedicated action plan for Indigenous Australians" (para 3).
Jan. 20, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1

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Jan. 17, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1

"Marin [a surrogate fixer in Puerto Vallarta] is at the epicenter of the international surrogate market: Mexico... Now Marin runs his own company—it’s called AMx3 Solutions—and he is trying to corner the Australian market" (para 25-27). In Australia, only altruistic surrogacy is allowed, so Australian couples purchase surrogates internationally instead (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 10, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Australia in 2023 was 23.4%.