When parents kill their children: Seeing and acting on patterns of intimate partner violence and child abuse

Date

Monday 15 July 2024

Time

12-2pm (10am-12pm AEST)

Location

Online

Organised by

ANROWS and the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network

Cost

Free

ANROWS and the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network present and unpack the findings of their report, Filicides in a domestic and family violence context 2010–2018 (2024)

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This event is being organised and hosted by ANROWS and the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network (ADFVDRN).

The report Filicides in a domestic and family violence context 2010–2018 (2024) presents the first national figures on parents who have killed their children (filicide) in Australia in the context of domestic and family violence – that is, where it was identified that prior to the filicide, there was a history of either intimate partner violence, child abuse, or both. Despite a decline in other forms of domestic homicide, rates of filicide have remained constant, with around 20 cases each year.

This report found that 9 in 10 of the cases examined, there was a history of intimate partner violence. This is an important finding calling for immediate whole-of-society responses.

At this event, Dr Holly Blackmore (ANROWS, report author) and Anna Butler (Chair, ADFVDRN) will provide an overview of the key findings and implications. Dr Ann O’Neill AO – survivor, clinician and researcher – will speak to the significance of the report and its findings, before being joined by a panel facilitated by Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Monash University, leading scholar on violence against women), featuring:

• Professor Kyllie Cripps (Monash University, leading researcher on child abuse and Indigenous family violence)

• Biljana Milosevic (Director, Jannawi Family Centre)

• Emeritus Professor Thea Brown, AM (Monash University, leading researcher on filicide)

• Professor Daryl Higgins (Australian Catholic University, one of the chief investigators, Australian Child Maltreatment Study)

Please direct all questions to the organisers: enquiries@anrows.org.au.