The development of the Second Action plan 2027- 2032 creates an opportunity to dig deeper into the drivers of domestic and family violence and to better understand how pervasive and...
Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the development of the NSW Government’s Action Plan for Children and Young People (the Action Plan) under the NSW...
This submission is a joint response from: Super Consumers Australia Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG) Redfern Legal Centre Domestic Violence NSW Each Safe and Equal Australian Multicultural Women’s Alliance (AMWA)...
DVNSW supports the reintroduction and expansion of the Special Rules for Child Sexual Offences (Part 3, Division 5A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999) to include all sexual violence...
Evidence from Australia, and from other countries, shows strong links between DFSV victimisation and suicidality, yet DFSV-related suicide remains under-recognised in policy, practice and data. Suicides linked to coercive control,...
Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Inquiry into Government Service Delivery Standards in Regional New South Wales. DVNSW has...
This submission complements Domestic Violence NSW’s previous submissions to the Fair Work Commission’s Gender-based Undervaluation Priority Awards Review, made in May and September 2025. It is submitted on behalf of...
“There is a chronic lack of funding to provide domestic and family violence crisis services. Having to tell a woman or a mother with children to wait, knowing full well...