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Australian country report – “Never waste a crisis”: Domestic and family violence policy and practice initiatives in response to COVID-19

COVID-19, Domestic Violence, Family Violence, Prevention Strategies, Review

Australia’s Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) and the University of Melbourne have released this Australian country report, one of four country reports as part of the DAHLIA-19 study, examining prevention strategies and responses to domestic and family violence during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and up until June 2021. The study found evidence that policy and funding strategies resulted in increased collaboration and communication, more multiagency working, leveraging of existing relationships and more efficient decision-making processes.

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