Ending Domestic Violence

Australia has spent billions trying to reduce domestic violence. Yet demand for crisis accommodation, support services and intervention remains enormous.

So what are we missing?

Journalist Jess Hill has warned that simply doing more of what we have always done will never be enough. Former Social Policy Commissioner Natalie Siegel-Brown put the challenge even more directly:

“By failing to address why people perpetrate, we are creating insatiable demand.”

What are the underlying causes of domestic violence? Are we concentrating too heavily on responding to violence after it occurs rather than preventing perpetration? And what needs to change? 

These questions are too important to be debated and decided behind closed doors. The debate should be public.  That is what makes this initiative different.

PByT provides a platform where experts, academics, activists and ordinary citizens can participate openly, producing feedback that is verifiable, analysable and therefore actionable.

Australia's National Plan has set the ambitious goal of ending violence against women and children in one generation.

Let's work together to help make sure it succeeds.

Question:

Should the development and implementation of Australia's National Plan to end violence against women include an ongoing process of structured public participation?

​(Disagree/Agree →)

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Related Issues and Questions

​→ National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children?

​→ Gambling Advertising Ban?​

​→ Alcohol Sales Restrictions?​

​→ Treating Perpetrator as Terrorists?​

​→ Adequacy of Funding of Frontline Services?​

​→ Recognizing Femicide as a Separate Criminal Offence?

→ Have We Identified the Causes?​

​→ Femicide Royal Commission?​