18 November 2025

• A two-year Guardian investigation reveals new details about the critical final weeks of Hannah Clarke’s life, casting doubt on the coroner’s finding that nothing more could have been done to prevent her death.
• Matt Tyler, Executive Director of the Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services & Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University, address the National Press Club of Australia to launch the landmark Adolescent Man Box Report.
• ABC reports 'DV prevention advocate Kym Valentine urges action on delayed alcohol laws'.
• Women's Agenda reports on 'The school students working to break the cycle of gender-based violence'.

• 'Children aged 14 and above to face adult sentences under Victorian reforms', reports ABC.

National

• First Nations Advocates Against Violence (FNAAFV) have been endorsed by the Coalition of Peaks to develop a Sector Strengthening Plan (SSP) for Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) across the Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence (DFSV) sector.
• Baby Priya's Bill passes Senate, ensuring employer-funded paid parental leave protections are now enshrined in legislation for grieving parents experiencing the stillbirth or death of a child.
• A new report from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) outlines how the gender pay gap affects earnings across a woman’s lifetime, with the financial disparity peaking in the late 50s at nearly $53,000 per year.

International

• From Clicks to Consequences: the Global Spread of Contraceptive Misinformation Online. The Australian Institute of international Affairs has published a new analysis on the flood of misinformation regarding contraceptive content across TikTok. 
• Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK.

Research

• ANROWS release research report titled 'Interventions for migrant and refugee men who use domestic, family and sexual violence: An integrative review of evidence'.
• The Justice Reform Initiative has produced a series of briefing papers that overview the key issues for particular over-represented groups in the justice system and unpack common misconceptions about crime and imprisonment. 
• New research by the University of New South Wales on the 'Co-Occurrence of Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: A Scoping Review'.

State Based

• Tougher penalties and expanded police powers are among the changes to South Australia’s child sex offender laws passed by State Parliament.

• DV NSW publishes 'Fund a Safer Today' 2026-27 pre budget submission. 

• Jesuit Social Services respond to the Victorian government’s proposed “adult time for violent crime” legislation.

• Victorian Government introduces a two-year minimum term for all Family Violence Intervention Orders (FVIOs) – reducing the number of times victim-survivors need to go to court and giving them the freedom to move on with their lives.

Events

• Big hART and ANROWS together with the Parliamentary Friends of Ending Violence Against Women & Children host a special documentary screening of 'It Starts With Us' and panel discussion exploring family violence prevention, and young people contributing to change. Mon, 24 Nov, 12pm ACT.
• Respect Victoria's, Walk Against Family Violence 2025 will take place on on Friday 28 November at 10 am.
• Reducing Gender-based Violence (ReGEN) Network will host an online event launch titled 'Partnering with Victorian specialist family violence refuges to investigate practice' on Thursday 20 November 2025, 12:00-1:00pm AEDT. 
• Stop Domestic Violence Conference will be held in the Gold Cost and Online from 24-26 November. 
• The Embassy of Spain will host a 'Panel on consular assistance for victims of gender-based violence' Wednesday 10 December 4pm at the Sydney CBD campus of the University of Wollongong.
• PreventX2026:STORIES FOR CHANGE conference will be held in Melbourne from 24 - 25 March 2026.
   

Consultation & Research

• UN CSW 70 Australian Youth Statement survey is open to all young people under the age of 35 and closes on the 21st of November 2025. 

• Depart of Social Services is calling for feedback on proposed changes to reforms to supports and services for families, children, and young people. Consultations are now open, until 5 December 2025.

• Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence is seeking input from women aged 50 and over who have ever felt afraid, unsafe, controlled or isolated in a recent or current relationship.

• Survey on responses to 'Interventions to prevent and disrupt deepfake and AI facilitated abuse in Australia' closes Friday 28 November 2025 at 11:59pm AEDT, as part of a Monash University doctoral thesis.

Training and development

• Safe and Equal is offering online professional development designed specifically for new and emerging leaders who want to excel in primary prevention leadership roles. The Fast Track intensive leadership program (prevention) will be delivered from 29 January to 16 April 2026. This is the last delivery in their current funding period. Applications close on Friday 28 November 2025.
• UWA, Curtin University, and UTS are offering free practitioner training in Paid Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) Leave: Putting the Law into Practice .Date: 27 November - from 9 am to 12 pm. Location: Online, via Teams.

Jobs

• First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence is hiring a Research & Project Support Officer.
  
   

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