Research

Recommendations From Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to Mainstream Inquiries on Family Violence: It's Time to Act

This article examines recommendations from Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) in submissions to Australian federal parliamentary inquiries that considered family violence.

Still Falling Short: Aboriginal Children’s Rights and Victoria’s Child Protection System

Victoria’s child protection system continues to harm Aboriginal children and violate their rights, requiring a rights-based reimagining within current Treaty negotiations.

From Voice to violence: the referendum and the unravelling of reconciliation.

Reconciliation is not in crisis. It has been politically exhausted. The 2023 referendum did not simply reject a policy mechanism.

First Nations Women’s Engagement with the Family Law System: Research Project Overview

First Nations Women’s Engagement with the Family Law System: Insights from Women’s Legal Services, Final Report

First Nations women’s engagement with family law amid family violence: risks, barriers, and recommendations.

Judicial Officers and Best Practice: Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Experience of Family Violence Protection Order Proceedings. Literature Review.

Shaped by intersecting experiences of family violence, structural inequality, and racial discrimination, most often within mainstream courts.