A year ago on Tuesday, childcare worker Molly Ticehurst’s battered body was found in her home at Forbes, in central western NSW. Her former partner, Daniel Billings, who had been released on bail for sexually assaulting her, has been charged with her murder.

The anniversary of her death has highlighted the spiralling crisis that threatens to overwhelm attempts to help the victims of domestic violence.

Molly Ticehurst’s body was found in the early hours of April 22, 2024.Credit: Stephen Kiprillis

The Herald’s chief reporter Jordan Baker writes that despite nationwide fury at Ticehurst’s death leading to tougher bail laws, frontline........

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