Domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) is a pervasive and growing issue in Australia. There is evidence that rates are increasing and incidences are becoming more severe. DFSV support agencies offer a range of services to support victim-survivors. This paper argues that these services also have the potential to lead to social change at a...

This report seeks to understand the extent to which victim survivors of family violence seeking crisis accommodation are being referred between the homelessness and family violence sectors and back, without receiving the service they are requesting. It makes a series of recommendations to better respond to family violence and homelessness.

This article examines intervention and support provision in Australian education settings that draws directly on the experiences of young people who have experienced domestic and family violence (DFV). The findings question the degree to which schools are presently equipped to recognise, respond to and support students who experience DFV.

A submission to the Queensland Government Education, Arts and Communities Committee Inquiry into the Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025. It outlines the deep concerns that the proposal for police to be able to issue an on-the-spot 12-month protection order will not, in many cases, provide additional protections for victim–survivors.

This assessment tool supports service providers to screen, assess and respond to women who have experienced strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence. The tool is also designed to pick up smothering, suffocation and other forms of breath restriction.