This paper presents a critical discourse analysis of Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Strategy, and related policy documents, to examine whether public policy barriers exist in Queensland’s approach, and their potential to impact on policy outcomes.

The findings in this report show that views of the NSW community are very similar to those across the nation. Encouragingly, most people in NSW do not condone violence against women, and there has been an increase in support for gender equality since the survey was previously conducted in 2013.

This publication summarises the key challenges affecting women human rights defenders (WHRDs), and includes input collected through interviews with WHRDs in all continents. They all insist that more action is urgently needed from state and non-state actors, so that they can continue their critical human rights work, free from violence, discrimination, harassment and other violations.

The primary objective of this research was to understand better the realities of wāhine (women) Māori living with partner violence, from their perspective. More specifically, the authors wanted to know how they kept safe and protect their tamariki (Maori children) when living in unsafe relationships and environments, with often limited resources and help.

This discussion paper seeks to identify some of the factors that contribute to the misidentification of victims and limit the system’s capacity to identify and respond to predominant aggressors.