Listening to the news and the panic coming from our politicians and activists over the last few weeks, you would think that Australia is a very violent place and that women are being killed by the millions by out of control partners.

Official statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology tell a different story.

Firstly the rate of murders in Australia per population is declining, and has been for many years.

Well maybe the rate of death in domestic violence cases is exploding. After all those feminists must be jumping up and down about something. While every death at the hand of a partner is tragic, there is no need for the kind of moral panic we have been seeing in the media and governments lately. Homicides by domestic partners or even by friends is on the decline.

What about women then? Are they more likely to be killed by toxic masculinity in the home?

It is the case, and probably always has been, that more men are murdered than women. Why are we not seeing the media jumping up and down about that?

Murder is evil. Domestic violence is evil. But when the stats are so obviously out of kilter with the hype you have to wonder what is going on.