On this page you can find resources to help you understand family and domestic violence.
Understanding family and domestic violence
- The Purple Book – Domestic Violence Prevention Centre Gold Coast Inc
- ‘Understanding the Power and Control Wheel’ – Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
- ‘Stages of Change’ – Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
- Family Violence Myths and Facts’ – The Lookout
- ‘Myths and Facts’ – Brisbane Domestic Violence Service
- ‘COVID-19 and Domestic and Family Violence’ – Women’s Council For Domestic and Family Violence Services (WA)
Law and family and domestic violence
- Magistrates Court of Western Australia Restraining Orders
- Family Violence Law Help
- Western Australian Police Force – Family Violence
- Department of Justice, Court and Tribunal Services – Family Violence Restraining Order
WA tenancy resources
- Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety: Safe Tenancy WA
- Tenancy WA – Changes to Tenancy Laws in cases of Family Violence
Family and domestic violence in regional, rural and remote areas
- ‘Rural responses to rural challenges: The need for a contextualized response to family and domestic violence’ – Australian Human Rights Commission
- ‘Domestic and Family Violence in regional, rural and remote communities: An overview of key issues’ – Australian Institute of Family Studies
- The Women’s Services Network, ‘Domestic Violence in Regional Australia: A Literature Review: A Report for the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services’, 2000
Academic resources
- ‘Defining Appropriate Stages of Change for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors’ – Violence and Victims, Jessica Burke et.al
- ‘Domestic violence (DV) service provision and the architecture of rural life: An Australian case study’- Owen, Santi & Carrington, Kerry, Journal of Rural Studies
- ‘Violence against women in Australia: Additional analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Personal Safety Survey, 2012: Key findings and future directions’ – ANROWS
- ‘Domestic and family violence in regional, rural and remote communities: An overview of key issues’ – Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Government reports and statistics
- ‘Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story 2019’ – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Australian Bureau of Statistic (2013), ‘Personal Safety Survey’, Australian Bureau of Statistic, 2012
- Western Australian Police, Crime Statistics for Regional WA
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Personal Safety Survey
Plans to reduce domestic and family violence
- First National Action Plan
- Second National Action Plan
- Third National Action Plan
- Fourth National Action Plan
- Western Australia’s Family and Domestic Violence Prevention Strategy to 2022 – Government of Western Australia Department for Child Protection
Parliamentary inquiries
- House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence
- Inquiry into domestic violence with particular regard to violence against women and their children
