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We're missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators. This is what needs to change

Identifying perpetrators of domestic and family violence is critical to ending violence against women.

The Conversation · Feb 2, 2023

Victoria has implemented all 227 recommendations from its royal commission into family violence. So was it a success?

In 2016, the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence released its findings following an exhaustive 13-month inquiry. In it were 227 recommendations to completely transform the state’s family violence services.

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023

To end gender-based violence in one generation, we must fix how the system responds to children and young people

Federal, state and territory governments this week released Australia’s ten-year National Plan to end Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, which is framed by the ambitious goal of ending gender-based violence in one generation.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2022

There's $1.3 billion for women's safety in the budget and it's nowhere near enough

Halfway through his budget speech on Tuesday night, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg acknowledged the women’s safety crisis in Australia.

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2022