New research confirms what frontline workers have known for decades: higher-risk drinking by men is directly linked to intimate partner violence over time. The researchers are calling for policy change, but policy change means shifting money from punishment to prevention. So what happens? The same cycle. More policing, more courts, more prisons, more remand. Alcohol treatment? Underfunded. Public housing for victims fleeing violence? Waiting lists. Men's behaviour change programs? Gutted. We know what works. We just keep refusing to fund it. #auspol #violenceprevention https://www.fusionparty.org.au/fair_inclusive_society#a-more-just-society