The NSW government is creating a heavily resourced policing unit of around 250 officers, prioritising hate crimes above other violence. Andrew Brown asks why.
Every four minutes in New South Wales, police respond to a domestic violence incident, a relentless cycle of harm that rarely makes front-page news.
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by Andrew Brown
Two women are killed every week in Australia, and hundreds more are assaulted, often behind closed doors, often without the attention or urgency that accompanies other forms of crime.
There is no 250 officer task force for that, no permanent, centralised unit standing ready to respond.