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Organisation	Resource	Description
1800RESPECT	Stand Together Against Domestic and Family Violence	1800RESPECT provides resources for frontline workers who come into contact with people affected by family violence. 'Stand Together' is an online tool kit that professionals can access for free.
1800RESPECT	Professionals	This page provides resources for health care professions who work with people impacted by family violence.
Australia’s National Research Organisations for Women’s Safety (ANROWS)	Resources	ANROWS has developed posters, webinars and factsheets on family violence. Resources are tailored to specific populations including women form culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and women with disabilities.
Centre of Perinatal Excellence	Abuse or family violence in pregnancy	This web page provides advice for healthcare providers about what to do if a woman is experiencing family violence and includes the number for 1800RESPECT.
Department of Health	Clinical Practice Guidelines: Pregnancy Care	National guidelines for healthcare providers in the provision of evidence-based maternity care in Australia.
Department of Health	Pregnancy care guidelines - Family violence	National guidelines (as above) links directly to the family violence section.
Domestic and Family Violence Response Training (DV-alert)	DV-alert	DV-alert provides education and training to help frontline workers build their capacity to identify and respond to family violence. Training is provided by Lifeline and is nationally accredited. DV-alert is included as a resource in the National Antenatal Care Guidelines.
Futures Without Violence	All-inclusive Online Tools for Providers and Advocates	Futures Without Violence is a US-based organisation that has been endorsed in the National Antenatal Care Guidelines as a resource for practitioners. This website provides a number of free online tools for download including webinars and fact sheets.
Government of Western Australia - Department of Health	Guidelines for responding to Family and Domestic Violence	The King Edward Memorial Hospital Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Western Australia provides guidelines to help clinicians to identify women experiencing family and domestic violence and to make appropriate referrals if violence is disclosed.
Government of Western Australia - Department of Health	Clinical Guidelines	Guidelines for Western Australian practitioners on the timing and type of family violence screening recommended during the antenatal period.
Northern Integrated Family Violence Services	Overcoming Barriers (CALD Resource)	Overcoming Barriers is a resource developed by the Northern Integrated Family Violence Services in Victoria to provide practitioners with advice on how to respond appropriately to women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities who have experienced family violence.
Northern Integrated Family Violence Services	Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities	This webpage produced by the Northern Integrated Family Violence Services in Victoria includes practice resources for working with CALD communities
Pregnancy birth and baby	Family violence during pregnancy	This webpage provides information on types of family violence, potential harms to the mother and baby and what some warning signs might be. It also includes contact information for national and state helplines.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)	The Whitebook, 4th Edition	This guide developed by RACGP offers health practitioners evidence-based guidance on appropriate identification and response in clinical practice to patients experiencing abuse and violence.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)	The RACGP Professional Development Program on Family Violence	The RACGP have developed an online course for its members who wish to develop their skills in supporting people experiencing family violence. The program is accredited by RACGP and Improvement and Continuing Professional Development (QI&CPD).
The Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne)	Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence Resource Centre	The Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence (SHRFV) Project has developed a range of evidence-informed resources and tools to support Victorian public hospitals implement the SHRFV model.
World Health Organisation (WHO)	Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence	The WHO handbook provides detailed guidelines for health practitioners who are working directly with women who have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual violence. Note that the handbook does not include specific guidance for the antenatal period.
Our watch	Community-based prevention of violence against women and their children	This toolkit provides a range of resources for practitioners and community workers who wish to engage a primary prevention approach to prevent violence from occurring. It is targeted at individuals who are planning to deliver or develop a program in a particular community.
Queensland Health	Training resources to support clinicians	This website provides online training resources on understanding and clinical responses to domestic and family violence for health professionals.
Queensland Health	Antenatal screening for domestic and family violence guideline	These guidelines provide recommendations for health professionals when screening and responding to the needs of pregnant women at risk or experiencing domestic and family violence.
Queensland Health	Training resources to support clinicians	This website provides online training resources on understanding and clinical responses to domestic and family violence for health professionals.
Domestic Violence Screening Centre Victoria (DVRCV)	DVRCV Training	The DVRCV provides a range of prevention and response training courses that are suitable for the family violence specialist sector, community and health professionals.

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Organisation	Resource	Description
Department of Health	Pregnancy care guidelines - Family violence	National guidelines (as above) links directly to the family violence section

Resources for pregnant women Expand

Organisation	Resource	Description
1800RESPECT	Safety apps for mobile phones	This website lists safety apps that can be used to access information and support services within Australia.
1800RESPECT	Download Daisy	The Daisy app is designed to connect those experiencing domestic violence or abuse to services. Downloadable on iOS and Android.
Australian Government - Department of Social Services	Family Safety Pack	This website provides fact sheets and multilingual resources about domestic violence for those coming to Australia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Department of Health and Human Services, Government of Victoria	What is family violence? In your community language	This resource provides information about support services, who to contact and how to get help in Victoria in various community languages.
DV work aware	Information for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD)	This resource provides women from CALD backgrounds with information about their rights and provides tips for asking for help if family violence is being experienced. The website links to specialised support services in different states and also translates into several different languages.
Family and Community Services - NSW	Domestic Violence line	This website provides the phone numbers of the domestic violence line, child protection helpline and link2home homelessness line.
Immigrant Women's Support Service	Information in your language	This resource provides fact sheets about domestic violence translated into many languages.
NSW Department of Justice	Charter of Victims Rights	The charter of victim rights provides advice to the victims of crime on services available and the legal process.
NSW Ministry of Health	About domestic and family violence	Victims Services NSW provides free counselling, support services and financial assistance to victims of crime. The online resource includes links to information regarding the justice system victims’ rights.
Penda	Penda	Penda is a free, national app with legal, financial, and personal safety information and referrals for women who have experienced domestic and family violence. It was developed by the Women’s Legal Service Qld.
Relationships Australia	Welcome to Relationships Australia	Relationships Australia has a number of locations around Australia that offer support services for individuals, families and communities. They offer support groups and counselling on relationships, and for abused and abusive partners.
White Ribbon Australia	Understand Domestic Violence - Additional resources	White Ribbon provides a comprehensive resource on domestic violence and abuse. This website also provides practical tips, e-learning and fact-sheets.
Women's and Children's Health Network	Domestic Violence and pregnancy	This website provides information about family violence occurring in pregnancy, linking to resources and services in South Australia.

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National
Organisation	Resource	Description
1800RESPECT	1800RESPECT	1800RESPECT is a national phone and online domestic and family violence service providing information, referrals and counselling.
Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria	Australia-wide services	This website lists family and domestic violence services that are available nationwide in Australia.
Reach Out	Domestic Violence Support	This website lists family and domestic violence services that are available in each state in Australia.
White Ribbon	Domestic Violence Hotlines	This website lists numbers of domestic violence hotlines that are suitable for a wide range of population groups.

ACT
Organisation	Resource	Description
Domestic Violence Crisis Service	ACT service	This service provides legal and practical assistance to those experiencing family violence in the ACT.
Community Services - ACT	Refuges	This website links to women's refuge services for women with different needs in the Australian Capital Territory.

NSW
Organisation	Resource	Description
Domestic Violence Line	NSW - Domestic violence line	This website provides the phone numbers of the domestic violence line, child protection helpline and link2home homelessness line There are also links to programs, services, resources and legal assistance.

NT
Organisation	Resource	Description
Northern Territory Government of Australia	Domestic and family violence	This website provides phone numbers of domestic and family violence services for women in the Northern Territory.

Qld
Organisation	Resource	Description
DV Connect	Pregnancy & Domestic Violence	This page provides the phone number of a 24/7 Queensland domestic violence line.
Womensline	About Safe Houses	This website provides information about Safe Houses and accessing refuge in Queensland.
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)	Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)	A culturally-safe free legal service that is dedicated to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to live free from family violence and/or sexual assault in Queensland.

SA
Organisation	Resource	Description
Government of South Australia - Department of Human Services	Domestic and family violence and sexual assault support services	This website provides links to domestic and family violence and sexual assault resources for women in South Australia.
South Australian Housing Authority	Adelaide's domestic violence crisis accommodation service	Contact information for accommodation services for women and children escaping domestic or family violence in South Australia.
Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corporation (SA)	Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corporation (SA)	A free community legal service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiencing family violence and sexual assault in South Australia.

Tas
Organisation	Resource	Description
Government of Tasmania - Department of Health and Human Services	Family Violence Counselling and Support Service	This website provides information on accessing Tasmania's family violence counselling and support service.

Vic
Organisation	Resource	Description
Safe Steps	Supporting women and children to live free from family violence	This website provides the phone number of a 24/7 Victorian domestic violence line.
Djirra	Djirra	This support service based in Victoria provides practical support to Indigenous women, including to those who are or have experienced family violence.
InTouch: multicultural centre against family violence	InTouch: multicultural centre against family violence	This support service is a free and confidential specialised family violence service that works with multicultural women and communities.

WA
Organisation	Resource	Description
Government of Western Australia	Women’s Domestic Violence Helpline	This website provides the phone number of a 24/7 Western Australian domestic violence line.
Salvation Army	Women's Support	This website lists information and contact information of women's refuges' in Western Australia.

Other resources Expand

Organisation	Resource	Description
Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)	Innovative models in addressing violence against Indigenous women	This report outlines findings from a number of place-based Indigenous family violence initiatives and provides advice on implications for policy and practice.
Australian Institute of Family Studies	Domestic and family Violence in pregnancy and early parenthood: Overview and emerging interventions	This publication provides broad and comprehensive information about domestic and family violence during the perinatal period.
Australian Institute of Family Studies	Domestic and family violence in regional, rural and remote communities	This website provides information about key statistics and characteristics of domestic and family violence in regional, remote and rural communities.
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists	O&G - Magazine	A 2017 edition of O&G Magazine that focuses on family violence.

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