This guide presents research-based insights that challenge common stereotypes and offer insight into the social, scientific, and legal factors related to sexual assault. It offers practical examples and approaches for professionals in the justice sector to implement in their practice.

The Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department has commissioned this research to support a review of the Family Relationship Services Program (FRSP). The FRSP aims to improve the wellbeing of Australian families, particularly families with children, who are at risk of separating or have separated.

This independent evaluation finds that the key policy framework for tackling elder abuse, the National plan to respond to the abuse of older Australians 2019-2023, is achieving its aims of uniting governments, agencies and organisations in tackling the abuse of older people.

This report presents a literature review on coercive control in the context of domestic and family violence, with a particular focus on the understanding of, and responses to coercive control in the Australian context.

An evaluation of the trial of Lawyer-Assisted Family Law Property Mediation which aims to support separating couples with small value property pools, who require legal advice and support to mediate and reach agreement on family law property splits. The mixed methods evaluation found that the LAC Trial had been effective. The report concludes that the...