Domestic, family and sexual violence sector newsletter

Read the Domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) sector newsletter and browse past issues.

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Current issue

• Issue 19
  Learn about: Foundational training modules on coercive control and legislative change now available online to support the new coercive control legislation that commences 26 May 2025.

Past issues

Browse past issues of the DFSV sector newsletter.

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2024

• Issue 18
  Learn about: Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Peak Body; the DFV training and change management framework; and Queensland’s plan for the primary prevention of violence against women 2024–28.
• Issue 17
  Learn about: Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce (the Taskforce) 2023 achievements; DFSV system monitoring and evaluation framework; Queensland Government sexual assault interagency guidelines; DFV prevention strategy 2016–2026 year 8 highlights card; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander DFV Prevention Group; available grants; release of the revised DFV information sharing guidelines; and release of the Commonwealth consent policy framework.

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2023

• Issue 16
  Learn about: Queensland Government response to the Taskforce recommendations; DFV Prevention Month; training resources to support the Common risk and safety framework; Townsville high risk team scheduled to open in July; Queensland Women’s Week; first annual Queensland women’s statement and Gender equality report cards 2022–23; new DFV training and change management framework; National Online Dating Safety Roundtable; video recorded evidence pilot; Our Watch tips for media reporting on sexual harassment; survey on the voices of Queenslanders with disability and their carers; Closing the Gap funding for family violence and prevention legal service providers; financial abuse videos to help your clients; farewell to Cath Bartolo; and Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum.

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2022

• Issue 15
  Learn about: Queensland Government response to the Taskforce Report Two; $100m to support better DFV response; National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children; Fourth action plan for the DFV prevention strategy 2016–26; DFV help seeking campaign in market; new team to response to DFV in Redlands; 16 Days of Activism; Yoonthalla takes the lead in Woorabinda; Queensland women’s strategy progress; DFV Prevention Council; thanks to Rosie O’Malley; critical evaluation of men’s change program; ways to report sexual violence resource; new Respect program; QCAT update on DFV matters; and consultation for a new Queensland women’s health strategy.
• Issue 14
  Learn about: release of the second Taskforce report; Sexual Violence Awareness Month; 16 Days of Activism; WorkUP scholarships for frontline workers; updated Common risk and safety framework; new high risk team for Townsville; new DFV prevention corporate and community engagement framework launch; new ImmiAccount form; and grant opportunities.
• Issue 13
  Learn about: response to the Taskforce report; DFV Prevention Month; Queensland women’s strategy; DFV resources for women with disability; funding indexation; and community events calendar.
• Issue 12
  Learn about: the Taskforce; Queensland Women’s Week; Gambling Community Benefit Fund; Victim Services Building Capacity Funding program; Safe and Diverse Communities Grants; funding boost for domestic, family and sexual violence services; place-based trial of the Escaping Violence Payment; review of the Common risk and safety framework; new mobile app to address DFV; and right to information and privacy.

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2021

• Issue 11
  Learn about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Group; Prevent. Support. Believe. Queensland’s framework to address sexual violence action plan 2021–22; Queensland Police Service (QPS) sexual violence response strategy; 16 Days of Activism; Celebrating Reconciliation Grants; how an integrated service response can make a real difference; Escabags; Community Door DFV organisational policy workshop and resources; and Q Shelter DFV resources.
• Issue 10
  Learn about: Sexual Violence Awareness Month activities; supporting safe and strong First Nations communities; Queensland women’s strategy; DFV regulatory framework; DFV resources for diverse communities; Common risk and safety framework; Alison Woolla Memorial Award; Gambling Community Benefit Fund; Queensland Criminal Code—sexual offences against children; Best practice guidelines—supporting the wellbeing of family violence workers during times of emergency and crisis; and Telstra pay phones are now free for calls within Australia.
• Issue 9
  Learn about: funding updates; the Taskforce; DFV general awareness campaign; Suicide prevention framework; translated statement on sexual and reproductive health rights; oneplace community services search directory; and Transport and Main Roads protecting personal information.
• Issue 8
  Learn about: the Taskforce; consent law reforms; sexual consent education in schools; Sexual consent toolkit; and working with women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have experienced DFV.

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2020

• Issue 7
  Learn about: perpetrator intervention services contractual requirements; family violence perpetrator focused screening and risk assessment; National monitoring report on progress towards the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia; and equality and respect in sport.
• Issue 6
  Learn about: DFV Honour Roll; funding updates; Common risk and safety framework; perpetrator training for generalist services; brokerage and emergency crisis payment arrangements; support responses to DFV against people with disability; DFV information sharing guidelines; Proud to Stand with You campaign; and 2019 Gender equality report cards.
• Issue 5
  Learn about: DFV Protection (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020; Queensland’s first DFV Honour Roll; Alison Woolla Memorial Award; DFV resources for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; updated multilingual COVID-19 resources; alternative QPS reporting options; QPS change of personal details form; 2020 edition of the National DFV Bench Book; update to clinical guidelines to help general practitioners; Safe Voice Survey; and introducing the Women’s Health Services Alliance Queensland.
• Issue 4
  Learn about: DFV COVID-19 awareness campaign; DFV bystander technology solution; awareness campaign to connect families with services; COVID-19 contact tracing protocol for shelters; WorkUP Queensland Connecting Across the Land program; financial assistance for victims information sessions; remote working toolkit; report on the impacts of COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic; and new resources to keep children safe from sexual abuse.
• Issue 3
  Learn about: technology safety and training update; Care Army; funding support for Australian women during and beyond COVID-19; and Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability multilingual resources.
• Issue 2
  Learn about: practice standards background information; Commonwealth funding boost to address DFV during COVID-19; WorkUP Queensland workforce surveys; and Women’s Legal Service financial abuse prevention videos.
• Issue 1
  Learn about: the DFV Implementation Council’s final report; sexual violence prevention; DFV prevention; corporate and community engagement; and Queensland Women’s Week.

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