Domestic / Family Violence

The first refuge in Australia for women escaping domestic violence - Elsie - was set up in Glebe, NSW in 1974. Within a year, the Commonwealth Labor Government funded a national women's refuge program.  When the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) was established, the women's refuge program became one of the three major arms of SAAP. 

Since those early days,  funding for services for women and children experiencing domestic and family violence has increased and there has been a corresponding increase in the range of models of service delivery.

Below is a range of resources about this issue. In the text box on the right are the latest documents in this category that have been added to the site. All documents relating to this category can be found in the library.

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Key Resources

Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse. 

Articles
1 Review of Queensland DV and Family Protection Act
2 Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Victimisation
3 Victim Compensation and Domestic Violence: National Overview
4 Attitudes Toward Violence Against Women Survey
5 White Ribbon Day Nov. 25
6 Vulnerable women in care 'trading sex'
7 Reclaiming Myself After Child Sexual Abuse
8 Moving Forward. Women's journey after leaving an abusive relationship
9 Too Many Homeless on International Women's Day - Homelessness Australia
10 Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
11 Setting the Standard. International Good Practic to Inform an Australian Plan of Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women
12 Home Safe Home. The link between domestic and family violence and women’s homelessness
13 Taking Back the Castle: How Australia is making the home safer for women and children
14 Coordination across Government and non-government services. Two power point presentations