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Female victims of intimate partner homicide
Intimate partner homicide is where a victim had a current or previous intimate partner relationship with the primary offender.
Target: 25 per cent reduction per year in female victims of intimate partner homicide.
Baseline: 2022–23
Baseline value: 34 victims
Latest year: 34 victims in 2022–23
Female victims of intimate partner homicide, 1989–90 to 2022–23
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Community understanding of violence against women
The level of understanding of violence against women is measured by the Understanding of Violence against Women Scale (UVAWS) of the National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS). A higher mean score indicates a higher level of understanding of violence against women and is desirable.
Target: 2 point increase in community understanding of the behaviours that constitute FDSV every 4 years.
Baseline: 2021
Baseline value: 69
Latest year: 69 in 2021
Source: ANROWS National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey
Mean score on the Understanding of Violence against Women Scale, 2009 to 2021
^: statistically significant difference to the 2021 mean score.
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Community attitudes towards violence against women
Community attitudes that reject violence against women is measured by the Attitudes Towards Violence against Women Scale (AVAWS) of the National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS). A higher mean score indicates higher rejection of problematic attitudes and is desirable.
Target: 2 point increase in community attitudes that condemn violence against women every 4 years.
Baseline: 2021
Baseline value: 68
Latest year: 68 in 2021
Source: ANROWS National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey
Mean score on the Attitudes towards Violence against Women Scale, 2009 to 2021
^: statistically significant difference to the 2021 mean score.
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Community attitudes towards gender inequality
Community attitudes that reject gender inequality is measured by the Attitudes towards Gender Inequality Scale (AGIS) of the National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS). A higher mean score indicates higher rejection of problematic attitudes and is desirable.
Target: 2 point increase in community attitudes that reject gender inequality every 4 years.
Baseline: 2021
Baseline value: 67
Latest year: 67 in 2021
Source: ANROWS National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey
Mean score on the Attitudes towards Gender Inequality Scale, 2009 to 2021
^: statistically significant difference to the 2021 mean score.
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Community attitudes towards sexual violence
Community attitudes that reject sexual violence is measured by the Sexual Violence Scale (SVS) of the National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS). A higher mean score indicates higher rejection of problematic attitudes and is desirable.
Target: 2 point increase in community attitudes that reject sexual violence every 4 years.
Baseline: 2021
Baseline value: 68
Latest year: 68 in 2021
Source: ANROWS National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey
Mean score on the Sexual Violence Scale, 2017 and 2021
^: statistically significant difference to the 2021 mean score.
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First Nations female victims of intimate partner homicide
Intimate partner homicide is where a victim had a current or previous intimate partner relationship with the primary offender.
Baseline: 2022–23
Baseline value: 1.74 per 100,000 First Nations women (aged 18 and over)
Latest year: 1.74 per 100,000 First Nations women (aged 18 and over) in 2022–23
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 18 and over who were victims of intimate partner homicide , 2005–06 to 2022–23
*: calculated rate is based on fewer than 20 events and may be unstable.
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Hospitalisations of First Nations women
Hospitalisations for family violence assaults are those where the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim is a spouse/domestic partner, parent or other family member.
Baseline: 2022–23
Baseline value: 827 per 100,000 First Nations women (aged 15 and over)
Latest year: 827 per 100,000 First Nations women (aged 15 and over) in 2022–23
Family violence assault hospitalisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 15 and over, 2018–19 to 2022–23
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First Nations child victims of filicide
Filicide is where a parent kills a child.
Baseline: 2022–23
Baseline value: 2.02 per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–17)
Latest year: 2.02 per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–17) in 2022–23
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–17 years who were victims of filicide, 2005–06 to 2022–23
*: calculated rate is based on fewer than 20 events and may be unstable.
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Hospitalisations of First Nations children
Hospitalisations for family violence assaults are those where the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim is a spouse/domestic partner, parent or other family member.
Baseline: 2022–23
Baseline value: 30 per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–14)
Latest year: 30 per 100,000 First Nations children (aged 0–14) in 2022–23
Family violence assault hospitalisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–14 years, 2018–19 to 2022–23