The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has tabled the report of its inquiry into family violence orders. A response from the Australian Government to the Committee’s 11 recommendations is expected in six months. The report is available here.
This report, developed in partnership between Djirra and Safe and Equal, summarises research, policy frameworks, and Aboriginal women’s lived experiences, alongside insights from both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal family violence service providers. It examines the strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in non-Aboriginal family violence services support for Aboriginal people.
Applications are now open to study Chisholm’s Graduate Certificate in Family Violence in 2025. This degree meets the mandatory qualifications to work in the specialist family violence sector and students are offered the choice of two streams of study: prevention & practice or working with men. Come to one of our (online) information sessions and see if this is the right course for you! Follow this link for more details.
More than 600 Victorian police personnel are at the centre of “serious and complex” family violence investigations.
The force says the figures should give the community confidence that action will be taken, even in its own organisation.
Advocates say this could be the tip of the iceberg, as people may not be willing to report if their perpetrator is a police officer.
We are delighted to share with you the report on the inaugural national Healing and Recovery Roundtable, held in June 2025 and co-convened by the Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Recovery Alliance and the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission. The Roundtable was attended by lived experience victim-survivor advocates, DFSV practitioners, researchers, policy makers and representatives from key organisations working in the DFSV sector. We look forward to their recommendations informing actions to implement the Recovery pillar of the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032.
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) has commissioned GenWest and Berry Street to provide family violence secondary consultation to primary care providers in its catchment. The service connects primary care practitioners with specialist family violence providers for expert advice by phone or email between 9am and 5pm on business days.
How we can make better use of existing administrative data to tackle domestic, family and sexual violence. Watch the insightful discussion with experts Sally Mills (AIHW), Dr Betty Luu (WSU), Vivian Yue (FACSIAR), Dr Rebecca Buys (NTV) and Maggie Walter (University of Tasmania) and learn how data can drive impactful change.
In July 2024, ANROWS and the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network unpacked critical findings from our landmark research on filicide at an event at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Explore key audience questions and answers providing critical insights and actions for children’s safety.
The 2024 theme of International Day of People with Disability, on 3 December, is ‘Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future’.
In this spirit, the Australian Women’s Health Alliance supported lived experience advocate Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith to produce this paper that explores the link between issues that Phoebe has both lived and have professional expertise in – brain injury, gender-based violence, and the impacts of systemic inaccessibility and sexism on women with disability and trauma.
Read the full article here
Australia’s National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book 2024 update was released 24 October 2024 http://dfvbenchbook.aija.org.au/ Including 127 new resources, including and substantial updated contact on the family law provisions introduced this year and coercive control.