The Australian government recognises coercive control as a pressing issue that requires a coordinated national approach. The government has collaborated with all State and Territory governments to develop the National Principles to Address Coercive Control in Family and Domestic Violence (the National Principles).

This evaluation assessed a $10.4 million pilot co-locating 22 child protection and policing officials at family law courts to improve information sharing for child and family safety. Using mixed methods including stakeholder interviews, workshops, and surveys, it found successful implementation across 15 registries with improved information sharing, quality and timeliness, though clarity challenges remained. Nine...

This report presents a literature review on coercive control in the context of domestic and family violence, with a particular focus on the understanding of, and responses to coercive control in the Australian context.

This report is the culmination of two years of extensive consultation and review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The review was instigated following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s 2019 Digital Platforms Inquiry final report, which made several privacy recommendations.

This independent evaluation was undertaken by Inside Policy to assess the extent to which older people felt supported and the extent to which the services met their needs.