Month: February 2025

This submission provides an analysis of police powers and responsibilities in Tasmania, from a particular gender and family/sexual violence perspective.

Engender Equality highlights the critical need for additional support from specialist family violence practitioners to inform the police response to family and sexual violence.

Engender Equality also calls for an independent mechanism to respond to victim-survivors experiences of systems abuse.

This case study has been jointly produced by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and Engender Equality to showcase our partnership that has successfully run in Nipaluna/Hobart for over four (4) years.

The partnership stands under a shared vision for the Tasmanian community, where all victim-survivors have access to relevant and tailored services to support their healing and recovery.

Through this partnership we have built a place-based collaboration for Tasmanian Aboriginal families in a safe and trauma informed environment.

Laurel House and Engender Equality welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed amendments to Section 20 and Section 34 of the Family Violence Act 20024.

This submission has been developed in consultation and collaboration with a range of stakeholders including Lutruwita/Tasmanian victim-survivors of family, domestic, and sexual violence, children, parents and caregivers of children who have been subjected to violence, other supporters of victim-survivors, and professionals who work it the sexual and family violence sectors.