Queensland's New Domestic Violence Minister Faces Criticism Over Past Remarks on Believing Allegations

Advocates have criticised Queensland's minister for domestic and family violence prevention, Amanda Stoker, over resurfaced past remarks that people should not "blindly" believe women who allege violence. In a 2023 piece for the think tank Menzies Research Centre, Stoker wrote that pressure to believe complaints "is prone to cause great harm to innocent defendants." She was appointed 24 October.