Examination of Aboriginal help-seeking behaviour for family violence can provide critical insights to developing appropriate responses. This paper examines attitudes and experiences regarding help-seeking by Aboriginal people affected by family […]

Family violence mars the lives of a very large number of Indigenous Australians, helping to effectively disable many communities and deny future generations a basic chance for health, happiness and […]

This paper focuses on the inability of the legal system to adequately address Indigenous domestic and family violence issues. Three key areas of focus to improve issues for Indigenous people […]

This report deals with the small proportion of family violence incidents that become visible to the family law system. The study began following the 2006 reforms to the Family Law […]

In 2000, two Australian taskforce investigations considering justice responses to violence against women released reports contained opposing recommendations about the suitability of restorative justice for cases of domestic and family […]

In June 2007 the Federal Government announced a range of ’emergency measures’ to combat sexual abuse against indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Indigenous community members experiencing violence know however, […]

A meta evaluation has been conducted of the first phase of the $50 million Partnerships Against Domestic Violence Initiative (PADV1), which aims to find better ways of working to prevent, […]

All Australian Governments agree that customary law in no way justifies, authorises or requires violence or sexual abuse against women and children. This media release announces that the Commonwealth is […]

Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a complex societal problem that needs a comprehensive, coordinated response. The complexity arises because of the mix of victims, perpetrators, types of violence, involvement […]