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Want to learn more about the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council’s activities? Read past newsletter editions below to find out more about the Prevention Council’s journey.

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2025

• January edition
  Learn about: Parliamentary Inquiry into and new data on Elder Abuse in Queensland; Queensland Women’s Week 2025 theme; Inquiry into volunteering in Queensland; Making Queensland Safer Plan; Men’s Circles; research, reviews and resources; funding opportunities; upcoming community events, training and webinars.

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2024 Read past 2024 editions of the newsletter.

• December edition
  Learn about: Zonta Roma Says NO to Violence; Ballina Steps Up Against DFV; Women’s Wellbeing Line; Toolooa State High School’s ‘One Ripple’ music clip; research, reviews and resources; funding opportunities; upcoming community events, training and webinars.
• November edition
  Learn about: #16messagesfor16days; Bundaberg Regional Council’s Red Shoes Project; the Walk for Emily; This Fisho says no to violence; why bi-partisan support continues to be important to preventing DFV; funding opportunities; upcoming community events, training and webinars.
• October edition
  Learn about: becoming a domestic and family violence prevention influencer; upcoming events and initiatives for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, including the Prevention Council’s planned social media reels; Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women grants; Little Friends Scholarship Program; registering for GIVIT donations; ‘Walk for Emily’ fundraiser; new research, reports and resources (including the Male Allyship Toolkit); funding opportunities; upcoming community events, training and webinars.
• September edition
  Learn about: the Prevention Council’s visit to Biloela and Charters Towers; Council Member Torita Blake’s story; the Australian launch of She is Not Your Rehab’s innerBoy app; Queensland’s new affirmative consent laws and resources; new research, reports and practice resources for primary prevention; funding opportunities; upcoming conferences, training and community events.
• August edition
  Learn about: the Prevention Council’s visit to Burdekin, Mareeba and the Cassowary Coast; Kelly Wilkinson Foundation launched; Centre for Women and Co. visit; Southern Downs Regional Council pledge signing; DFV Peak Advisory Group members; Queensland’s new coercive control and consent communication campaigns; new research, podcasts and practice resources; and current funding opportunities.
• July edition
  Learn about: the Prevention Council’s second meeting of 2024 and its community event in Roma; engaging men and boys in ending gendered violence; Moreton Bay’s Real Men Rally; Queensland’s new strategy to strengthen responses to people using DFV; Charters Towers Regional Council’s pledge signing; meet Prevention Council member Terry Creek; new research, podcasts and practice resources; donating to DV Safe Phone; and current funding opportunities.
• June edition
  Learn about: Online safety tips; retirement of Betty Taylor; new Tech Abuse Detection and Assessment Hub; Our Watch Award for Excellence in Reporting; new research, reports and resources; new campaign materials; and current funding opportunities.
• May edition
  Learn about: 10 years of DFV reform in Queensland; new training resources for frontline services; Diverse Voices Queensland; effectiveness of First Nations-led healing programs; new workplace sexual harassment research and resources; what happens when you report DFV in a Queensland police station; events marking DFV Prevention month; and current funding opportunities.
• April edition
  Learn about: Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month 2024 (theme, resources, Love ≠ Control campaign, upcoming vigils and events, and how to ‘do something’); boosts to domestic, family and sexual violence sector funding; Queensland’s new Primary prevention plan and Domestic and Family Violence Peak Body; new resources on values-based messaging in multicultural and faith-based communities, and gender diversity, sex and consent; new education program and upcoming training opportunities; and current funding opportunities.
• March edition
  Learn about: the Coercive control legislation; Gender equality workplace resources; the new Queensland women and girls strategy; the Charter of Victims Rights; and relevant grant funding opportunities.
• February edition
  Learn about: the Prevention Council’s first meeting of 2024 and its visit to the Southern Downs; the importance of supports for LGBTQ people; Small Steps 4 Hannah Foundation’s 19 Days of Handstands campaign; release of the Action Plan Addressing Gender-based Violence in Higher Education; Australia’s latest workplace gender equality data; and grant funding opportunities.
• January edition
  Learn about: Council member Ben Bjarnesen; coercive control and concepts of consent; workplace respect; the Commonwealth Consent Policy Framework; consultation on Queensland's Putting Queensland Kids First draft plan; funding opportunities; and upcoming events and activities.

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2023 Read past 2023 editions of the newsletter.

• December edition
  Learn about: the Queensland Government’s annual Not now, not ever. Together. Breakfast; the launch by the Mayors of Cooktown, Hopevale and Wujal Wujal of the Growing Respect Taskforce; Toowoomba Regional Council’s pledge to work to end domestic and family violence; how to recognise the signs of coercive control; 1800RESPECT’s new SMS channel; and grant opportunities.
• October edition
  The DFV Prevention Council was honoured to partner with the Queensland Police Service, the Disrupting Violence Beacon and the MATE Bystander Program to bring Matt and Sarah Brown and the She is not your Rehab program to Brisbane for an intimate conversation to find new ways to address critically high rates of family violence by addressing mental health issues, trauma and abuse. Read the newsletter for more information about She is not your Rehab.
• September edition
  Co-Chairs Vanessa Fowler OAM and Bob Atkinson AO APM talk about the upcoming football grand finals and how each of us can choose to step off the sidelines by growing our awareness and intolerance to these abusive behaviours. Meet DFV Prevention Council Member Rachel Durdin. Love ≠ Control Resources updated for 16 Days of Activism.
• August edition
  In August each year we celebrate our diversity during Multicultural Queensland Month, recognising the benefits to Queensland of the many backgrounds, skills and experiences that make up who we are. Domestic and family violence does not discriminate—learn about diverse experiences of women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and how we can more inclusively, sensitively and effectively support an increased number of women into safety.
• July edition
  Meet Prevention Council member Jacque Lachmund, find support to recover from financial abuse, and learn about Peggy’s Place, Hannah’s Sanctuary, the recipients of the Keeping Women Safe from Violence Grants, and the role of workplaces in preventing domestic and family violence.
• June edition
  Meet (former) Prevention Council member Sha-lane Gibson and find information on elder abuse awareness resources and support services in Queensland.
• April edition
  Learn about: the Love≠Control project; Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month 2023; the Ending Violence Against Women conference; and efforts to help young people break the cycle of violence.
• March edition
  Meet Prevention Council member Andrew Taukolo, learn about the Prevention Council’s priority work to 30 June 2026, the Excellence in Law Enforcement for Women Initiatives award and Fresh Start for Me program, and find resources to keep you safe from technology-facilitated abuse.
• February edition
  Meet Prevention Council member Dr Faiza El-Higzi and learn about the opening of the Keeping Women Safe from Violence Grants and a virtual panel discussion on domestic, family and sexual violence perpetration.

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