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'Long awaited' reforms aim to curb permanent removal of Victorian Aboriginal children
The passing of new legislation in Victoria aimed at preventing the permanent sep...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Mar 2026
Vic Parliament urged to end 'cruel and punitive' deadlines for Aboriginal family reunification
One of Victoria's leading First Nations family support organisations has urged P...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Mar 2026
Advocates urge long-term funding to ensure new violence prevention strategy delivers lasting change
Advocates and legal groups have welcomed a new national strategy to end violence...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Feb 2026
Djirra’s 16 Days of ACTIVEism amplifies calls for urgent action to protect Aboriginal women and children
These are acts of resistance. Speaking at Djirra's 16 Days of ACTIVEism Festival...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Dec 2025
One year on from a landmark inquiry, more action is needed on missing and murdered Indigenous women and children
A year after a landmark Senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations w...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Aug 2025
Report finds harmful police family violence practices widespread in Victoria

Harmful and discriminatory policing practices in family violence cases are "extremely frequent and widespread" across Victoria, according to a new report.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 14, 2025
End Indigenous policies which target and punish, rather than support — Djirra

A leading family violence organisation says new Closing the Gap data shows governments are delivering "more of the same," with little progress in protecting Indigenous women and families.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 13, 2025
Victorian budget fails Aboriginal women and children, advocates say

The Victorian government has failed to prioritise Aboriginal women and children's safety in its budget, despite a $600 million surplus, a leading Indigenous family violence organisation says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 22, 2025
'Trauma and overt racism': Victorian study finds Aboriginal victims of crime fear not being believed by police

"Police will look at you and it's like 'Oh, it's just another blackfella, it's normal in their lives' …I think that's how they stereotype blackfellas.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 12, 2024
"Safety comes from liberation, not domination" - Thorpe criticises Labor 'hypocrisy' over gendered violence

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called out the federal government on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women for "actively fuelling and funding the culture of violence...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 25, 2024
Victorian organisations reaffirm commitment to Treaty and Truth-telling on referendum anniversary

Leading Victorian Indigenous organisations have commemorated the anniversary of the Voice to Parliament referendum defeat, noting the outcome remains "very fresh and raw".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 14, 2024
“Children do not belong in prisons": Organisations tell youth justice inquiry age of criminal responsibility must be raised

The overwhelming majority of Indigenous, medical, and human rights groups have told the national youth justice inquiry a dramatic overhaul of the system is needed, including raising the age of crimina...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 11, 2024
"Promises will not save women’s lives, action will" - Djirra calls for funding certainty

Uncertainty about funding continues to put Aboriginal women at risk, a leading family violence organisation in Victoria says. Last month, the federal government announced a National Access to Justice...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2024
Djirra CEO says data sovereignty, investment in ACCOs key to keeping First Nations women visible

The chief executive of Victorian Aboriginal family violence prevention service Djirra says investing in First Nations data sovereignty is key to keeping Aboriginal women visible.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 4, 2024
Antoinette Braybrook awarded Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University

Leading human rights campaigner Antoinette Braybrook AM has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University. The chief executive of Aboriginal family violence prevention service Djirra and c...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 26, 2024
Aboriginal legal organisations welcome focus on gendered violence but call for funding certainty

Aboriginal family violence prevention service Djirra has welcomed the National Cabinet's acknowledgment that men's violence against women and children is a crisis which requires urgent national invest...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 6, 2024
"We will not be silent": Indigenous groups urge government to act on reports into violence against First Nations women

Aboriginal family violence prevention service Djirra says a lack of a response from the federal government to a series of reports on violence against Aboriginal women is "deafening".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 29, 2024
"Police culture must change" Djirra says in wake of report into murdered Indigenous women and children

Family violence prevention organisation Djirra says the landmark Senate report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children is just the start, criticising a lack of action to rectify missin...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 16, 2024
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