Hunter-based Lawyer Joplin Higgins calls for domestic violence shift to rehabilitation

Gabriel Fowler
Updated May 17 2021 - 9:19am, first published 7:00am
VIGIL: About 100 people attended an event in the tram sheds in Newcastle Foreshore Park earlier this month. Pictures: Max Mason-Hubers
VIGIL: About 100 people attended an event in the tram sheds in Newcastle Foreshore Park earlier this month. Pictures: Max Mason-Hubers

THE focus in the fight against domestic violence needs to shift towards the rehabilitation of perpetrators, and Australia has a lot to learn according to Newcastle-based lawyer and researcher, Joplin Higgins.

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Gabriel Fowler

Gabriel Fowler

Senior Journalist

Community health & welfare, social justice, investigations, general news. Gabriel.Fowler@newcastleherald.com.au

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