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

This document recognises that violence against women and children occurs at every level of society, in homes, schools, institutions, the workplace, the community or other public and private institutions. It assumes that in order to address violence against women and children, it is necessary to effect change at all levels of society.

This study addresses a crucial gap in the evidence by focusing on children as victims of violence and abuse in their own right, concentrating on two facets of child abuse - exposure to IPV perpetrated against their female carers, and being the direct target of physical and/or emotional abuse.

This report discusses the complexities regarding domestic and family violence and mental health for Indigenous Australians, and highlights relevant policies and programs that demonstrate best practice.

This publication draws upon data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the National Coronial Information System to present the high and severe rates of domestic, family, and sexual violence in the Northern Territory.