Background Paper to Time for Action: The National Council's Plan for Australia to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009-2021 

March 2009 

This Background Paper includes a summary and overview of the measures that Australia's states and territories and some Commonwealth Government agencies have adopted to prevent and respond to sexual assault and domestic and family violence. The evidence presented in this Background Paper has been used to inform the Plan of Action.


Table of contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Supporting evidence for the National Council's Plan of Action
  3. Background
  4. Australian Government
  5. Australian Capital Territory
  6. New South Wales
  7. Northern Territory
  8. Queensland
  9. South Australia
  10. Tasmania
  11. Victoria
  12. Western Australia
  13. Summary of findings from the ‘As Is’ jurisdictional analysis
  1. Acronyms
  2. Agencies represented in jurisdictional consultations

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