Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October 2011, Victorian woman Joy Rowley was strangled to death by her intimate partner. It was not the first time he had ...

Proposed amendments to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, which are set to be introduced to parliament on Wednesday, would include non-fatal strangulation in the definitions for a serious ...

The reforms, to be introduced to state parliament today, will create two new offences under the Crimes Act. The first, carrying a five-year maximum sentence, will not require proof of injury. The ...

Police have arrested a Central Queensland man for alleged domestic violence offences that spanned 12 months and involved a multiple attacks. It is alleged the 47 year old stalked, and seriously ...

Concussion risk in sport is well known, but research finds it is likely more common for victims of intimate partner violence. That’s the findings of a world-first Melbourne study that also confirmed a ...

A woman was arrested after a 17-month-old child sustained injuries consistent with possible strangulation, according to the Laredo Police Department. Officers responded April 16 to a hospital after ...