Safer Families Funding to Address Family Violence What we know Reforms to date The next stage of reform
What we know
Family violence is a national problem and family violence is everyone’s problem.
What we know about family violence nationally is that:
- 44.8% or close to half of all Australians have experienced violence since the age of 15;
- One third of women have experienced violence by someone who is known to them;
- One in four Australian women have experienced emotional abuse by a partner since the age of 15;
- One in five Australian women have experience sexual violence since the age of 15;
- On average, one Australian woman is killed by her current or former partner each week; and
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are more likely to be victims of family violence than non-Indigenous women.
