Social Services Minister Christian Porter has explained why men are the target of a new $30 million domestic violence campaign on 3AW Drive.

The campaign features a confronting television commercial.

Click PLAY below to watch the commercial

Mr Porter told Tom Elliott it was aimed at men, because men were ‘overwhelmingly’ represented statistically as perpetrators.

‘Not exclusively, but overwhelming that’s the case,’ he said.

‘That’s not to say it (female violence) doesn’t happen.’

Click PLAY below to hear Tom Elliott speak with Christian Porter