Gender control, drugs, grog behind soaring violence rate

Brooke Littlewood

GENDER inequality, drugs and alcohol are the key primary drivers for Mildura having the third-highest family violence rate in Victoria, according to the peak Mallee domestic violence service. Most recent data from the Crime Statistics Agency, to June 2019, revealed Mildura was 157 per cent higher than the state average, with police attending a rate […]

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