23/07/2026
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ "๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ" ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ "๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ".
Her comments betray a profound misunderstanding of domestic and family violence and the realities faced by victim-survivors every day.
Women don't stay because they "put up with it". They stay because coercive control, fear, financial dependence, trauma, threats against their children, housing insecurity and a lack of safe alternatives can make leaving the most dangerous moment in an abusive relationship.
Telling women to simply walk away ignores the fact that many are murdered while trying to do exactly that.
If Senator Hanson is serious about reducing domestic violence, she should stop blaming victims and start advocating for real solutions.
That means:
โข Stronger government oversight and accountability of the domestic and family violence system.
โข Government-run DV services working alongside specialist organisations so no woman or child falls through the cracks.
โข Earlier intervention with men using violence, including evidence-based behaviour change programs and intensive support while offenders are on remand and before they return to the community.
โข Long-term prevention that addresses abusive behaviour.
Victims of domestic and family violence deserve a coordinated, accountable government-led response that works with and strengthens the specialist NGO sector, not one that leaves them searching for help, turned away or put on waiting lists.
The One Nation leader says women should not "put up with" domestic violence, as she highlights the cost-of-living pressures on families.
