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Private: Crisis Help and Support
…732 24/7 National sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. Child Abuse Prevention Service 1800 688 009 24/7 Family support, abuse prevention and community education services. MensLine Australia 1300…
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 and National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Relationships
Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 and related bill
Submission to Issues Paper 10 – Advocacy and Therapeutic Treatment Services – Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Submission to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Response to the Consultation Paper Redress and Civil Litigation
Loneliness and the transformative power of relationships – our 2017-18 Annual Report
…of family violence and our policy work responding to the review of the family law system by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). Also highlighted is the work we have…
National Sorry Day
…Sorry Day Song from Relationships Australia SA on Vimeo MelissaRuthen is Community Projects Coordinator at the Specialised Family Violence Family Relationship Centre & Specialised Family Violence Service at Relationships Australia South Australia…
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2019
…older person’s finances, causing physical harm or injury or threatening the elderly person with violence, treating them like a child, or any conduct that causes the elderly person to feel…
Alcohol use and relationships
…alcohol abuse include increased arguments about drinking or things related to drinking, such as not taking care of responsibilities in the home and neglecting family relationships, and increased family violence….
Relationships Australia
…and services are available for people who experience/ have experienced violence and abuse and are seeking ways to ensure their safety, or to overcome the impact of this trauma. Learn…
Children need friendly communities
…effects on a child’s life (e.g. violence, health issues, death, abuse, neglect, crime, broken relationships). Obviously, we want to prevent ACEs as much as possible (and this is a big…
Funding Boost for Children’s Contact Services
…parents is vital – we know that children are harmed by exposure to violence and serious arguments. The Children’s Contact Services protect many children. Unfortunately there are often long waiting…
Exposure of young people to pornography
…stereotypes; unhealthy and sexist views of women and sex; higher rates of acceptance of violence against women; sexually coercive behaviour by young men; and contributes to unrealistic understandings of sex…
Finances and Relationships
…as gambling, mental health, family violence, and drug and alcohol use. Relationships Australia’s January 2018 online survey sought to further understand how couples negotiate their finances by asking a few…
Families and how to define them in modern society
…what makes their idea of a family change (Figure 6) was the occurrence of a stressful life event such as death, family violence, conflict, or trauma. Whether someone marries was…
Marriage equality
…interpersonal difficulties that arise from stigma and non-acceptance from the general community (Psychologists for Marriage Equality, 2012). Same-sex attracted people are more likely to experience higher levels of abuse, violence…
Counselling engagement
…them to counselling was relationship issues (41%). Women were more likely than men to report that family violence, family issues or their own strong emotions were more likely to lead…