Broken Fathers<\/a> podcast late last year, but have attracted renewed attention after Hanson this week sparked widespread condemnation by describing domestic violence as \u201ca two-way street\u201d.<\/p>\nDuring the interview, Hanson argued Australia\u2019s family violence laws had gone too far, claiming some protections were being abused and that men were routinely disadvantaged by the family law system.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that you\u2019ve got to wind back a lot of issues to do with the family law court \u2026 Go after the child support. A lot of people see it as a cash cow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She also criticised paid family and domestic violence leave, describing the entitlement as a \u201choliday\u201d and claiming it encouraged false allegations, while arguing police were spending too much time investigating domestic violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cDomestic violence takes up about 75 per cent of police officers\u2019 time now. That\u2019s why we\u2019re not dealing with real crime out there. The whole thing needs to be wound back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The comments add to mounting criticism of Hanson, whose party has enjoyed a surge in support in recent months but whose comments on domestic violence have drawn sharp rebukes from experts and advocates.<\/p>\n
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody this week said any suggestion victim-survivors shared responsibility for abuse was \u201charmful, wrong and dangerous\u201d, while National Children\u2019s Commissioner Anne Hollonds said families escaping violence should be \u201csupported rather than judged\u201d. <\/p>\n
Hanson today defended earlier comments about domestic violence, saying she doesn\u2019t want the nation to \u201cget it twisted\u201d as critics piled on.<\/p>\n
The One Nation leader took to Elon Musk\u2019s platform X to share \u201cexactly\u201d what she said in the 4BC interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s exactly what I said on 4BC about domestic violence so you don\u2019t get it twisted by the media or the Labor Party,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
Senator Hanson was swiftly slammed for victim-blaming after she said domestic violence was a \u201ctwo-way street\u201d.<\/p>\n
When asked to condemn male perpetrators of domestic violence, she said \u201cwomen can also lose their cool\u201d.<\/p>\n
Advocates warned the most likely time for a domestic violence victim to be killed was when they left an abusive partner.<\/p>\n
Labor Minister for Education Jason Clare joined the growing group of voices criticising Senator Hanson\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne in four Australian women are victims of domestic violence \u2026 that\u2019s one in four women who are violently attacked by people who tell them that they love them. You know, that\u2019s not a two-way street. That\u2019s a crime,\u201d he told the ABC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when people hear these comments, if they\u2019re thinking about voting for Pauline Hanson, they think, hang on. I didn\u2019t sign up for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Opposition home affairs spokesman Jonathon Duniam said Senator Hanson\u2019s comments were a \u201cgarbled response\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re serious about resolving matters of domestic violence, elder abuse, child sexual abuse, and exploitation, then let\u2019s not just have throwaway lines in interviews,\u201d he told the ABC.<\/p>\n
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