Call for mandatory life sentences for domestic violence murderers in NSW
ABC News – Central West
Date: 23 September 2026
Authors: NSW investigative reporters Joanna Woodburn and Alex James
Independent NSW MP Phil Donato has proposed mandatory life sentences in certain domestic-violence murder cases involving existing AVOs or bail conditions. Regardless of whether the PSA supports that particular proposal, the article is another indication of the continuing debate about whether existing systems adequately protect victim-survivors.
“Why can’t we stop the DV crisis
ABC News
Date: 22 September 2026
Podcast
Another string of suspected domestic violence attacks across a single weekend has once again seen the number of women and children killed this year climb.
And, once again, their deaths have turned up the volume of calls for governments to do more to prevent domestic, family and sexual violence.
Today, ABC political reporter Claudia Long on why, despite decades of effort, federal and state governments are still struggling with how to stop these tragic outcomes.
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Claudia Long, ABC political reporter
Statement from Domestic Violence NSW – September 2026
DV NSW
Date: 21 September 2026
Domestic violence doesn’t have an age limit. And it doesn’t stop being a national emergency because it happens behind closed doors.
The devastating deaths reported across NSW this weekend are a reminder that women of every age are being killed in violence happening in homes and communities across our country.
Three women killed in separate alleged DV incidents across NSW
ABC News
Date: 20 September 2026
Author: Miriah Davis
Three women aged 23, 70 and 90 were killed in separate domestic violence-related incidents in Wagga Wagga, Mole River and Bondi Beach within roughly a day.
“Experts plead for more domestic and family violence support in regional and rural Australia”
ABC News
Date: 16 September 2026
The ABC reports that DFV rates are higher in regional and rural Australia, that services can be a “postcode lottery”, that rural communities face particular barriers to disclosure and timely support, and that Australia’s response remains fragmented.
“Molly Ticehurst’s closest friends say AVOs worthless to protect women”
ABC News
Date: 15 September 2026
Molly Ticehurst’s closest friends say they fear women are still at risk, despite tighter bail laws introduced after her murder.
The 2024 legislative reforms make it harder for alleged perpetrators to get bail and require ankle monitoring for certain offences.
‘If anything happens to me … keep my son’
ABC – Australian Story
Date: 12 September 2026
Authors Joanna Woodburn and Kym Agius
On a Sunday night in April 2024, Molly Ticehurst said something that still haunts the people who loved her.
She was hosting a dinner for two friends and her mum at her home in Forbes, in New South Wales’s central west, serving her specialty, savoury chops.
As they relaxed after dinner, the conversation took a turn.
Molly said to her mother Kate: “If anything happens to me, I want you to keep my car and I want you to keep my son.”
Interview: How is the Government’s plan to end gender-based violence in a generation progressing?
SBS News In Depth
Date: September 2026
Podcast
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s third Yearly Report to Parliament
Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Commission
Date: 10 September 2026
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s third Yearly Report to Parliament identifies two persistent areas of harm and priorities for advancing a more mature national response under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032.
The report focuses on what governments should prioritise over the next year, informed by what the Commission has heard from over a thousand individuals, services, researchers and advocates from across Australia this year.
$184.1m budget injection will not solve long waiting lists for services, DV peak body warns
ABC News.
Date: 3 July 2026
Author: Chantelle Al-Kouri
Domestic Violence NSW says regional and remote services remain critically underfunded and that the NSW Government’s additional $184.1 million will stabilise services but will not eliminate waiting lists.