MsJane Wangmann

Episode 5

The former cricketer has harassed and assaulted women in three states. His case highlights how the system fails to protect women amid a domestic violence crisis.

It has been a year since NSW became the first state in Australia to criminalise coercive control: a major step in addressing insidious behaviour that is all too often at the root of a subsequent homicide. As police and family violence experts weigh in on the new laws, the Journal also asks: what does it mean to be a good domestic violence lawyer?

The NSW government is reviewing domestic violence-related bail laws after the horrific death of Molly Ticehurst earlier this week. Associate Professor Jane Wangman from the NSW Domestic Violence Death Review Team warns that while she "welcomes" the bail review the issue can't be separated into parts - and must be reformed "holistically". She says the law is "only as good as the professionals that apply and enforce it" she says we need to ensure a domestic violence lens is used to consider risk in things like bail conditions. Guest:Jane Wangmann, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at UTS. She's also on the NSW Domestic Violence Death Review Team

Several women's groups are considering boycotting the Federal Government's inquiry into family law on the grounds that the deputy chair, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, would bias the probe. Speaking on RN Breakfast yesterday, Senator Hanson said some women are lying about family violence in custody disputes. But a member of the NSW Domestic Violence review team, with extensive experience as a solicitor in issues of domestic violence, says there is no evidence to support the Senator’s claim.

Submission on Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

News brief outlined recent BOCSAR findings on the increase in the Indigenous incarceration rate. One of the offences for which there had been a marked increase was for stalking or intimidation.