UK: Domestic violence perpetrators ("men") should be 'better-monitored', says Tony Abbott

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2015-09-15 03:18

Article here. Excerpt:

'Perpetrators of domestic and family violence can expect to be monitored more closely, Tony Abbott has flagged during question time.

“We need to ensure that men with a predisposition to violence against members of their families are better monitored, better tracked, so that the instant there is any suggestion of harm the police can act,” the prime minister said.

Earlier this year, the government put forward a proposal to the Council of Australian Governments (Coag) that high-risk domestic violence offenders be tracked via ankle bracelets in the same way that sex offenders in some states are monitored.'

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... but Abbott seems to think only "men" are perps. Apparently he is ignorant about the reality of DV, and I'm betting willfully so.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2015-09-15 15:17

Tony Abbott is actually the Prime Minister of Australia, not the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Abbott

What may be confusing is that The Guardian is in the UK, but the article was about Australia.

Interestingly, he has been criticized for lack of sensitivity to women's issues in Australia, so this may be his way of atoning for that.

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Submitted by mens_issues on Tue, 2015-09-15 17:53