Domestic violence is a public health and safety issue – it’s time we treated it as one

Already this year we have seen more than one death a week from domestic and family violence.

Sadly, these deaths are just the tip of the iceberg.

Family violence is present in every part of our community – every street, every school, every workplace, every culture.

Did you know that 3.6 million Australians have experienced some form of domestic and family violence since the age of 15?

That’s enough to fill Suncorp stadium 60 times over.

And did you know that one in four Australian women have experienced abuse by an…