News & Views 1800RESPECT now has an SMS service for victims of family and domestic violence 1800RESPECT has expanded its services to provide support for victims of family, domestic and sexual violence via SMS text message.
News & Views Impacts of domestic violence ‘cannot be left at home’. Here’s how employers can support victim-survivors better. Georgia* was once going from strength to strength in her corporate career. Now, she’s never been less confident at work.
News & Views Five-year plan for ending violence against women released today Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is launching a five-year plan to end violence against women.
News & Views Government to invest $15 million into First Nations-led research on family and domestic violence The Albanese government has announced it will invest $15 million into First Nations-led research on family, domestic and sexual violence.
Books The key role Tanya Plibersek played in highlighting violence against women as a national crisis Women’s Agenda shares this extract from Tanya Plibersek’s new biography, On Her Own Terms, written by award-winning journalist Margaret Simons.
News & Views We’re missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators: This is what needs to change New research reveals practitioners across a range of services are missing opportunities to identify people who choose to perpetrate violence.
Life Consider the single-parent families living their worst Christmas since 2019 This Christmas I am asking the Australians waiting to board a plane, sitting in traffic on road trips, sitting round the dinner table looking at all the leftovers and all the discarded wrapping paper, take a moment and think about the three million Australians, including 760,000, who are going without.
Employers Workplaces have the power to help end family and domestic violence Employers have incredible power to help in ending domestic and family violence, and the opportunity to bring team members together around this essential goal.
News & Views ‘We don’t talk about it’: Incest is the most insidious form of domestic violence The absolute terror of what occurred in my life reverberated shockwaves so deep through my psyche and the core of my being.
News & Views Thousands of women return to violent partners because they can’t access affordable housing. It’s time for change. New research has revealed that up to 7,700 women a year are returning to partners who enact violence. 9,120 women are homeless.
News & Views Family Court abolished as controversial bill passes through Senate On Wednesday night, the Senate narrowly passed a bill that will see the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court merge.
News & Views Victims of family violence afforded easier access to NSW hospitals as part of ongoing COVID disaster response Victims of domestic and family violence will now have easier access to NSW public hospitals for the treatment of their injuries.