Domestic violence worst at Christmas and New Year in Australia, with more than 60 women killed in violent attacks this year

Statistics reveal over 2,000 intimate partner homicides from 1989 to 2021, with three in four victims female

More than 60 women have been violently killed this year, many by intimate partners, and experts warn that the holidays are a particularly dangerous time.

Counting Dead Women Australia - which is run by Destroy the Joint researchers - tracks every known death due to violence against women" and says the number this week reached 62.