Family Violence Prevention
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 federal government has announced more than $200 million in funding as part of a national plan to address high rates of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children.
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...
A Northern Territory health alliance says men, families, and community leaders need to unite to prevent violence against women and children over the holiday period.
The Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service has welcomed additional funding to support First Nations-led approaches to responding to domestic, family violence, and sexual violence.
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service provided an important submission to the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry this week during its first public hearings in Cairns.
Warning - this story contains references to domestic violence. Help lines are listed at the end of this report. I Run For Her, a major annual fundraising initiative of Newcastle-based domestic and fam...
A year after a landmark Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children, advocates say the federal government needs to decisively act on key recommendations.
More than 90 women have died in domestic and family violence incidents in the Northern Territory since the year 2000. According to a 2020 inquiry, taken from census data, Aboriginal women account for...
A partnership between the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Tasmanian Online Lions Club is set to provide additional support to victims of family violence.
First Nations women and children living in Darwin will be given support to leave violent intimate partner relationships through funding for an Indigenous legal organisation by the federal government.
The Northern Territory government has announced additional funding to ensure survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence can access essential frontline services.
The Northern Territory government must ensure proposed amendments to the Care and Protection of Children Act uphold the rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal children by working closely with Family Viole...