Government Launches Online Tracker for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Homicide

Published on June 27, 2024

The Albanese Labor government has unveiled a new statistical dashboard to track female victims of intimate partner homicide. Minister for Women Katy Gallagher, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, and Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth emphasised that to end violence, they need to be able to “measure it.” “Accurate, verified, closer to real-time data is crucial to achieving this aim,” the Ministers said in a statement. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) statistical dashboard will help drive the Ministers’ shared ambition to end violence against women and children in Australia in one generation. The data will provide more timely reporting on female victims of intimate partner homicide and enable police, government, and policymakers to understand the scale of the issue....

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