over the past 30 years DV has been on a downtrend. So calling it a national crisis is obviously playing on emotions. If it's a national crisis/epidemic now what was in in the 1980's?
It did however jump 30% in 2022-2023 from the previous period. Labor's awful policies putting a lot of stress onto couples/families. Thanks to Labor being absolutely useless and just jumping on whatever the latest bandwagon is the root of the problem, being socioeconomic, won't get solved in fact it will get worse.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/29/30-spike-in-rate-of-australian-women-killed-by-intimate-partner-last-year-data-shows
