An anti- domestic violence advocate has come under fire after claiming bushfire-battling Australian firefighters will return home to beat their partners.

The claim was made by women’s rights advocate Sherele Moody, who was speaking at a press conference held by Greens senator Larissa Waters.

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The conference was called to discuss why the Government’s inquiry into family law should not go ahead but Moody went on to make the extraordinary claim on a completely unrelated matter.

“After a cataclysmic event like this, domestic violence peaks,' Moody said, citing academic research conducted after Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires.

“Women become extremely unsafe when, generally, the men return home from the fires and subject them to domestic violence.”

Larissa Waters and Sherele Moody. Credit: 7NEWS

Doubling down on her comments in a Facebook post, Moody continued: “What happens when domestic violence perpetrators finish their work on the frontline of a major crisis? They abuse women in their lives - harder than they ever have.

“I am not saying every firefighter, emergency service responder or victim of this crisis is a perpetrator.”

Sherele Moody's Facebook post. Credit: Facebook

In a statement overnight, Larissa Waters distanced the Greens from the comments.

“The Greens absolutely do not support he statement made today by Sherele Moody that firefighters are responsible for an increase in domestic violence during times of disaster.”

Waters added Moody was not affiliated with the party and doesn’t speak for them.

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