Housing project helps domestic violence victim-survivors enter rental market
Kathleen Hope has been working with domestic violence victim-survivors for 15 years and is acutely aware of how…
High Court finds secret recording can be used as evidence in DV case
Victim-survivors of domestic violence may now be able to use secret recordings of admissions of abuse to seek…
Transnational technology-facilitated abuse on the rise for migrant women, safety advocates say
A migration agent has become increasingly horrified by the volume of domestic and family violence (DFV) cases that…
Queensland establishes state’s first sexual violence peak body, with hopes it will bring victim-survivors’ voices to ‘hallways of power’
Advocates are hopeful the establishment of Queensland’s first peak body for sexual violence will encourage more victim-survivors to…
Queensland parliament passes laws allowing police to issue on-the-spot domestic violence orders to perpetrators
Laws to give police the power to issue on-the-spot orders to domestic violence perpetrators have passed Queensland parliament. …
Report into domestic violence helpline DVConnect finds almost 4,000 calls unanswered in October 2024
Almost 60 per cent of calls to a Queensland domestic and family violence helpline went unanswered in October,…