Domestic Violence Prevention
Domestic, family and sexual violence remains one of the most urgent challenges in Australia. Yet despite strong community leadership, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities too often lack t...
First Nations-led research out of the University of Melbourne will strive to form a better understanding of families impacted by family violence, supports available to them, and the intersection of ch...
In the face of a scourge of violence that sees First Nations women experience violence at overwhelmingly disproportionate rates, a new peak body, bringing together the perspectives of Aboriginal commu...
Women's Community Shelters has launched its Firefly First Nations Fund following International Women's Day, aiming to provide immediate and culturally safe support for First Nations women and children...
Note: This report contains distressing details, and images of an Indigenous person who has died. The man who murdered Indigenous woman Ms Woodley in her Boorloo/Perth home has been jailed for more tha...
The historic launch of the first dedicated national plan on violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Canberra this month marked a decade of campaigning led by First Nations wome...
The Katherine West Health Board has welcomed the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory's report card assessing progress made against the Coroner's Inquest into the deaths of four Abo...
The Ochre Ribbon Campaign marks its 11th year this week with a nationwide campaign running February 12-19 raising awareness about the devastating impacts of family and domestic violence on Aboriginal...
Advocates and legal groups have welcomed a new national strategy to end violence against First Nations women and children, but say long-term funding is needed, as the Coalition raises concerns that ke...
There is inconsistent, partial, and at times absent alignment between the recommendations made by the Northern Territory Coroner into the "national shame" of domestic violence and the NT government's...
A new, "historic" national strategy to end violence against First Nations women and children will place community-controlled solutions and family strengthening at the centre of safety and wellbeing.
This report includes the names of Indigenous people who have died. Court documents revealed on Monday that New South Wales Police granted bail to alleged triple-murderer Julian Ingram despite fears ov...
Governments across Australia have poured millions into coercive-control campaigns, but domestic violence advocate Ashlee Donohue says the failure to properly fund frontline services is leaving Aborigi...
