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First Nations peak body for prevention of family, domestic and sexual violence elects inaugural board
Women's healing, legal, health and family violence organisation leaders are amon...
Jarred Cross 11 Nov 2026
Victim-survivor safeguards a must in NT suppression law reforms
Proposed changes to the Northern Territory's sexual offence suppression laws mus...
Dechlan Brennan 10 Nov 2026
Open justice, victim safety debate as NT considers changing suppression order laws
The Northern Territory Government's proposal to allow the public naming of accus...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Man who raped girl in Indigenous community sentenced to 10 years in prison
Note: this report includes references to child abuse and details readers may fin...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Oct 2026
Indigenous grants to fight online and AI-powered abuse
Indigenous-led programs to combat online abuse of women, including developing ed...
Rex Martinich (AAP) 30 Sep 2026
Aboriginal Women’s Centre must be funded by Victorian election winner - Djirra

A Victorian women's family violence organisation is calling on all major political parties to commit to funding an Aboriginal Women's Centre ahead of the state's November election.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 30, 2026
'A grand final should not make a home less safe' - action urged with family violence spike expected

Australia's Indigenous peak body for the prevention of family and domestic violence is reminding the community there's no excuse for violence as the grand final weekends approach.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 23, 2026
As family violence against Aboriginal women rises, urgent investment is needed

Reliable national data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of family and domestic violence remains limited and "insufficient", while First Nations women murdered by their partners con...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 11, 2026
Aboriginal women being 'racially targeted' by the system

Aboriginal women are being racially targeted by the justice system, the chief executive of a leading Victorian family violence organisation says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 29, 2026
Congress members strengthen community-led stance against domestic and family violence

Members of Central Australian Aboriginal Congress have endorsed a change to the organisation's rulebook which strengthens its stance against domestic and family violence.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 15, 2026
Doomadgee peacemaking initiative backed by $900,000 grant

Gunawuna Jungai has received $900,000 over three years through the Queensland Justice Reinvestment Grant Program to deliver a community-led early intervention and peacemaking initiative in Doomadgee.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 9, 2026
Vicky Welgraven AM joins White Ribbon’s Workplace Accreditation Panel

White Ribbon Australia has appointed Vicky Welgraven AM to its Workplace Accreditation Panel, strengthening the national program's governance and cultural expertise.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 16, 2026
'Stamp it out': Communities leading programs to end family violence

Horsham-based Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative says it will do everything in their power to end family violence in their community, as ACCOs across Victoria work to achieve the same.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 12, 2026
Indigenous family violence forum closes with focus on youth, safety and self-determination

Day two of the 2026 Overcoming Indigenous Family Violence Forum closed in Meanjin after a program focused on young people, self-determination, trauma-informed practice, child safety and community-led...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 29, 2026
Changemakers gather in Magandjin to confront family violence

The Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)'s 2026 Overcoming Indigenous Family Violence Forum is underway in Magandjin (Brisbane) this week.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 27, 2026
Indigenous children's peak advocacy body disturbed by leaking of information regarding the family of Kumanjayi Little Baby

SNAICC - National Voice for our Children has called for an immediate investigation into the leaking of confidential information relating to child protection notifications involving Kumanjayi Little Ba...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
WA Centre for Rural Health and Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community unite to prevent family violence in the Mid West

The Western Australian Centre for Rural Health and Bundiyarra Aboriginal Community (Aboriginal Corporation) have signed a landmark partnership agreement to work together to prevent family violence by...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 23, 2026
You cannot police your way out of violence when the police are part of the problem

The South Australian Government's announcement of a new reporting pathway for domestic violence allegedly committed by police officers is being framed as a step forward.

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