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06/06/2026

For victim-survivors of domestic and family violence, navigating the justice system can be overwhelming at best. A domestic violence worker will be joining Canberra’s prosecutors to improve the support provided to victims and complainants as their matters progress through the criminal justice system.

One worker is a good start towards a more integrated support response for victim-survivors.

https://region.com.au/domestic-violence-worker-joining-acts-prosecutors-to-support-victims/970392/?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=rc

31/05/2026

Strong communities are built on connection, respect and understanding.

During National Reconciliation Week, we recognise the histories, cultures and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and reflect on the role we all play in creating a future where everyone belongs, is heard and is valued.

29/05/2026

We welcome the ACT Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Strategy 2026–2036 and its recognition that ending violence requires more than responding after harm has occurred.

At EveryMan Australia, we see the impacts of domestic and family violence every day. We work with men to better understand their behaviour, take accountability for the harm they have caused, and make meaningful changes in their lives and relationships. Alongside this, our Partner Advocacy and Support team works directly with women, partners and families, ensuring their voices, experiences and safety remain central as change takes place.

For many years, the conversation has understandably focused on crisis response. That work remains critical. But it is great to see prevention listed as a human-centred outcome. Recognising risk earlier, intervening before violence escalates, and creating opportunities for accountability and behaviour change will make a change.

Supporting victim-survivors and working with men who use violence are not competing priorities. Both are necessary if we want safer families, safer relationships and a safer Canberra community.

You can find the strategy here: https://www.act.gov.au/open/the-act-domestic-family-and-sexual-violence-strategy

28/05/2026

The ACT’s proposed coercive control laws are an important and necessary step forward in recognising the realities of domestic and family violence. But legislation alone will not change behaviours, improve safety outcomes or prevent violence without the systems, services and community understanding needed to support it.

Services across the sector have long worked with men to recognise patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour, understand the impacts on partners and children, and take accountability for the broader dynamics of abuse beyond physical violence alone.

The introduction of legislation now raises important questions about implementation, consistency and system readiness.

How do we ensure police, courts, frontline services and the broader community have a shared understanding of coercive control?

What does successful early intervention look like before behaviours escalate further?

How do we ensure community education keeps pace with legal reform?

Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence Dr Marisa Paterson (front, with CPO Scott Lee, DVCS CEO Sue Webeck and YWCA CEO Francis Crimmins) introduced legislation to criminalise coercive control on 28 May. Photo: Claire Fenwicke.

24/05/2026

EveryMan welcomes the recent announcement from the ACT Labor Government, committing more than $44.2 million over four years to strengthen frontline responses to domestic, family and sexual violence across Canberra. 💜

This investment recognises the critical role frontline organisations play in supporting victim survivors, delivering behaviour change programs, and working towards safer families and local communities.

We thank the Government for its continued commitment to this work, alongside sector organisations dedicated to community safety and recovery Canberra RapeCrisis Centre, Beryl Women Inc and Domestic Violence Crisis Service ACT.

21/05/2026

*Trigger warning: su***de*

Globally, more than 720,000 individuals die by su***de each year. Men account for the majority of these deaths, approximately one man every minute. Source: World Health Organization (WHO).

08/05/2026

Long-term recovery from domestic, family and s3xual violence requires services that are trauma-informed, culturally safe, community-connected and accessible to people who often face significant barriers to support.

Our Violence Prevention Services and our Partner Advocacy and Support team regularly see the impact violence has not only on individuals, but across families, relationships and entire support systems. We also see how difficult it can be for people to navigate fragmented systems as they try to heal.

Investments like these recognise something the sector has long understood: recovery is not linear, and one size doesn't fit all.

Read more: https://citynews.com.au/2026/funding-supports-healing-for-sexual-violence-survivors/

Grants will be handed out to help victim-survivors of sexual violence access grassroots services to support their healing and recovery.

05/05/2026

Will a solely government run domestic and family violence system lead to better outcomes?

Or will it create more barriers for the people already struggling to access support?

As discussions continue in NSW around moving towards a fully government operated model, there are important questions that need to be asked.

What happens to the specialist community organisations that have spent decades building trust with people who often avoid, distrust or disengage from formal systems?

Will a centralised model create stronger pathways for support, or more restrictions around who can access help, when they can access it, and how services are delivered?

How do we ensure responses remain flexible enough to meet the realities of people with high and complex needs, particularly those who fall between mental health, housing, justice and family violence systems?

NSW's peak body for domestic violence has described a campaign calling for a government-run body to solely provide services as a "huge shift backwards".

01/05/2026

There’s a word in this article, often echoed across the broader public housing conversation, that says far more than the surrounding commentary:

"More public and social housing needs to be built and it should be dispersed across the city to avoid ghettos."

Framed as something to prevent, it quietly exposes the assumptions some hold about the people who live there.

At the same time, the Canberra community is being asked to be more accepting, more welcoming, and to challenge stereotypes.

But acceptance doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

When systems are stretched, and the right supports aren’t in place, communities feel it. And attitudes follow.

If we want genuine acceptance of public housing, we have to do more than ask for it.

We have to address the underlying drivers shaping how people are living.

Read the full article here and let us know what you think?

After turning their backs on public and social housing, governments are now back in the business of building or helping…

24/04/2026

In of our conversation with EveryMan's Client Services Director on the community’s role in violence prevention, we turn to responsibility, the idea of a person’s village, and how violence impacts every layer of that system.

Violence does not exist in isolation. It moves through families, peer groups, workplaces and communities, shaping behaviour, relationships and outcomes far beyond the individuals directly involved.

"We can either continue the conversation only with those impacted by sexual, family or domestic violence and remain on the same trajectory, or we can recognise that prevention sits with all of us."

This is about shared responsibility. About understanding the role each of us plays in the environments we create, the behaviours we accept, and the conversations we choose to have or avoid. Do you agree?