Domestic Violence Prevention Council

What we do

We gave strategic advice to the ACT Government on domestic and family violence.

Representatives came from community organisations, ACT Government, ACT Police, courts and community members.

The council includes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group. They continue to meet and provide advice on how we can work together to reduce domestic and family violence in Canberra’s Indigenous communities.

Our members

The 13 members appointed in 2023 were:

• Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Coordinator-General
• Victims of Crime Commissioner, Victim Support ACT
• Superintendent, Family Violence & Vulnerable Persons, ACT Policing
• Commissioner, ACT Corrective Services
• Sue Webeck, CEO, Domestic Violence Crisis Service
• Kat Reed, CEO, Women with Disabilities ACT
• Zakia Patel, Regional Managing Director, Multicultural Hub
• Lauren Anthes, CEO, Women’s Health Matters
• Robyn Martin, CEO, Beryl Women Inc
• Amanda Alford, Director, Government Relations, Policy and Evidence, Our Watch
• Papunya Connors, representing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities, community member
• Tanya Keed, representing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities, community member
• Agata Pukiewicz, representing culturally and linguistically diverse communities, community member

Terms of reference

Domestic Violence Prevention Council Terms of Reference (2023) [DOC 777KB]

Publications

• The Long Yarn - a report from the DVPC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Expert Reference Group (2024) [PDF 2 MB]
• Domestic Violence Prevention Council Advisory Board Joint Discussion Paper on Criminalising Coercive Control (2022) [PDF 245KB]
• Recommendations for addressing the needs of children and young people impacted by family violence (2018) [DOC 445KB]
• Review of Domestic and Family Violence Deaths in the ACT (2016) [PDF 1.2MB]

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Support and information about domestic and family violence

Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Office