There's a well-demonstrated connection between domestic violence, terrorism and mass shootings -- one the government refuses to accept.

In a society apparently obsessed with preventing terrorism, where the Prime Minister lectures us that we should never “set and forget” on security, where we’ve lost some of our most basic rights in the name of enabling security agencies to stop attacks, when will we act on the clear link between domestic violence and acts, or attempts, of mass-casualty violence?

Let’s consider some key facts:

Can we expect the government to take any action? Well, in 2014, Attorney-General George Brandis said that any link between terrorism and domestic violence was “foolishly conflating two completely unrelated issues”.