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Public consultation on ACT Government’s anti-violence strategy

The ACT Government has drafted its 10-year Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Strategy, and the public can comment until 28 April.

Calls to re-design insurance products to prevent financial abuse

A new report released today by the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES) calls for general insurers to disrupt domestic violence in Australia by re-designing products to prevent financial abuse.

ACT police seek witnesses to family violence incident

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a family violence incident that occurred during the afternoon and evening of Thursday 29 February in the Gungahlin and Belconnen regions.    

Remote Indigenous women’s shelter seeks funds for urgent upgrades

Galupa, a First Nations women’s domestic violence shelter in NT Arnhem Land seeks funds for urgent upgrades to keep women and children safe and connected to country.

Alex Bunton raises awareness of relationship red flags

Coming out of retirement two years ago professional basketballer Alexandra Bunton started using her platform to share her experience with domestic violence.

Canberrans invited to wuther to support domestic violence services

The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever hits Haig Park on Saturday 29 July to raise funds for Domestic Violence Crisis Support ACT.

ACT vigil for domestic violence in Civic Square this week

On Wednesday evening, a candlelight vigil will be held outside the Legislative Assembly to remember victims of domestic and family violence.

Trauma key factor in young people using violence in the home

Systems which categorise young people as either perpetrators or victim-survivors has left services unable to recognise the ongoing impacts of trauma on young people who have experienced adult-perpetrated domestic and family violence or who may have other unmet support needs.

Most dangerous domestic violence perpetrators among 600 nabbed in NSW

Hundreds of alleged offenders have been arrested in a high-impact police operation targeting repeat domestic violence offenders.

Melbourne uni lecturer ‘deeply sorry’ for wife’s stabbing murder

A Deakin University lecturer who killed his wife at their family home after an argument about childcare has apologised to a court for the brutal murder.

Husband gets 24 years for wife’s death-letter murder in 1982

John Douglas Bowie will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after killing his wife Roxlyn more than four decades ago.

This Is My Brave helps Christine share her story of domestic violence

Christine endured horrific domestic violence inflicted by her then husband for more than 20 years. Today, she shares her story on stage with This Is My Brave Australia.

Criminalising coercive control: long-awaited historic law reforms are celebrated, but not without controversy

The NSW government bill to criminalise coercive control was passed in State Parliament on 16 November 2022; the ACT is expected to follow.

Over 600 arrested in major NSW domestic violence blitz

NSW Police have arrested hundreds of high-risk domestic violence offenders during a blitz on "the most challenging community issue of our generation".

Sod turned at YWCA Ainslie housing site for vulnerable women

Ground has officially been broken at the YWCA Ainslie development today, which will soon give shelter to nine vulnerable Canberran women.

Dunghutti woman Tanya Keed: ‘We just want our voices to be heard’

The Sista 2 Sista: Hear Our Voices forum on Tuesday 15 November is an Indigenous women’s advocacy event on family violence, demonstrating that “Blak (sic) women’s lives matter”.

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