This dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander action plan will work alongside the First action plan. It has been developed in genuine partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council on family, domestic and sexual violence. The action plan has been developed in recognition of the disproportionately high rates of family, domestic and sexual violence that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience.

This plan is fundamental to addressing Target 13 of National Agreement on Closing of the Gap - to reduce all forms of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children by at least 50% by 2031, as progress towards zero.

The action plan has been developed using a wealth of community, sector and academic knowledge. Activities within the action plan acknowledge the unique underlying causes of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples, such as the ongoing impacts of colonisation, intergenerational trauma, and systemic and institutional racism.