Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) has released a statement responding to what has been a particularly tragic weekend, even by NSW standards, noting that domestic violence doesn’t have an age limit, and it doesn’t stop being a national emergency because it happens behind closed doors.

There have been a number of government announcements about grants this morning, for local sport, active ageing and domestic violence prevention.

Two survey measures suggest domestic and family violence (DFV) has declined in NSW over recent years, according to new analysis by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR).

Nearly a thousand alleged domestic violence offenders were arrested last week as part of the latest four-day NSW Police Operation Amarok.

More than one in four offences recorded in the Tweed Byron Police District last week were domestic violence related.

Domestic violence related offences decreased as a percentage of all offences recorded in the Tweed Byron Police District last week, local officers reported but there were multiple charges included for choking and also for child sex abuse.

Registrations are rolling in for the Against the Wind charity bike ride happening later this month, raising funds for frontline domestic violence services. The distance represents the 350 DV calls made in NSW every day.

A 29-year-old Stokers Siding man is to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court today charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm in a domestic violence context.

The time taken to respond to a Ballina domestic violence (DV) incident has been defended by the Counsel to the Commissioner of NSW Police.

The man accused of murdering 23-year-old Ashleigh Grice in Mullumbimby nearly five months ago has had conditional bail extended.