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Article: Vic: New anger management program to stop domestic violence
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2002
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Vic: New anger management program to stop domestic violence
MELBOURNE, July 29 AAP - Men charged with domestic violence will
be forced to have
anger management counselling under a new Victorian government program.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls said today the three-year pilot program
aims to break the
cycle of domestic violence.
Mr Hulls said almost one in four Australian women experienced violence
at the hands
of their male partners and nearly two thirds have children.
Funded as part of the $5 million Women's Safety Strategy, the program
will help up
to 400 men and their families get access to counselling services.
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