Domestic violence experts criticise Victorian GP who asked whether family court is ‘dangerously goading fathers’

Julian Fidge defends social media post after toddler killed, stating ‘question clearly inquires about what could be driving this rage, not responsibility for act’

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A doctor who queried whether fathers commit acts of domestic violence because they are dangerously goaded by “terrible decisions by the family court” has drawn fierce criticism from medical colleagues and domestic violence campaigners.

The Wangaratta GP Dr Julian Fidge on Thursday shared an ABC news story on X/Twitter. In the story, the mother of a toddler killed by his father in a suspected murder-suicide expressed her grief at the “evil and cowardly act of violence”.

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