DFSV sector newsletter

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

To subscribe to the newsletter please email your details to dfsvnewsletter@justice.qld.gov.au.

    • Issue 19 (Opens in new window)
      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.
    • Issue 18 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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.
    • Issue 16 (Opens in new window)
      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.
    • Issue 15 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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.
    • Issue 11 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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.
    • Issue 7 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      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 (Opens in new window)
      Learn about: the DFV Implementation Council’s final report; sexual violence prevention; DFV prevention; corporate and community engagement; and Queensland Women’s Week.202

Last reviewed:14 April 2025

Last modified:14 April 2025

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