-
Family Law Act 1975
The Family Law Act 1975 deals with Domestic and Family Violence -
Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 of South Australia
In 1976 this Act was changed so rape in marriage became a criminal offence. -
Crimes (Domestic Violence) Amendment 1982
In NSW, the Crimes (Domestic Violence) Amendment 1982 and the De Facto Relationships Act 1982 were both brought in to address the problem of Domestic Violence in relationships, and allowed women to speak up and prosecute their husbands for violence. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
Even In The Best of Homes: Violence In The Family
Jocelynne Scutt wrote this book that focuses on family and Domestic Violence in Australian homes. She also writes in the book that 'the abuse will only stop when the laws to protect people are properly enforced, when women gain public and private autonomy, and when children are regarded as human beings, not property.' http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
Federal Sex Discrimination Act 1984
The Federal Sex Discrimination Act 1984 was introduced to make discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy and marital status illegal. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
First National Conference on Domestic Violence
In 1985 the Australian Institute of Criminology hosted a National Conference on Domestic Violence. Later on, in 1986, there were 'extensive consultations' with women from the National Agenda for Women, where they discovered that domestic Violence was a huge problem. In 1987, the Federal Government put $1.6 million dollars funding into a three-year national education campaign for Domestic Violence. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP)
With national data showing that the main cause of homelessness for women and children was domestic and family violence, the Government decided to create this program to provide these women and children with transitional supported accommodation and other related support services. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987
During 1987, Victoria made Domestic Violence a criminal offence. -
Blood On Whose Hands?
The Women's Coalition Against Family Violence published this book that highlights murder in families due to Domestic Violence. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
The Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act
The Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act was passed in 1989. This Act was then modified in 2012. The website states '...it includes behaviour that is physically, sexually, emotionally, psychologically or economically abusive, threatening, coercive or aimed at controlling or dominating another person through fear.' http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline
https://www.communities.qld.gov.au/communityservices/violence-prevention/domestic-family-violence-protection-act-2012 -
White Ribbon
White Ribbon was created by a group of men in Toronto in 1991 after a university man massacred 14 fellow female students at University of Montreal on the 6th of December 1989. There is an annual awareness-raising event, which has now spread to over 57 countries. https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/stop-violence-against-women/about-white-ribbon/history/ -
Period: to
White Ribbon Annual Awareness-Raising Event
This is the original time span for White Ribbon -
Partnerships Against Domestic Violence (PADV)
Partnerships Against Domestic Violence is a Commonwealth program that committed $50 million dollars for research and resources for a 6-year period from 1997-2003. This program was introduced by then Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who announced it at the first ever National Domestic Violence Summit. It was also the first time where all Australian Heads of Government had united to discuss Domestic Violence as a major issue. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
Reported Costs of Domestic Violence
During 2002-03, an economics report is conducted to find out the annual costs of Domestic Violence in Australia.In 2004 they release their findings, they discovered that Domestic Violence costs the nation an estimated $8.1 billion dollars every year. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline -
The Health Costs of Violence: Measuring the Burden of Disease Caused by Intimate Partner Violence Published
During 2004, VicHealth published the findings of a report on the health costs (of a person) on Domestic Violence in Victoria. The article says that intimate partner violence has severe and persistent effects on a partner's physical and mental health. Domestic violence can cause horrible problems such as premature death, disabilities, and more preventable illnesses in women under the age of 45 than any other well-known health problems, including high blood pressure, obesity and smoking. -
Australian of the Year
Rosie Batty is awarded the Australian of the Year Award in 2015 for all her work to prevent Domestic Violence after her son was murdered by her ex-husband in 2013. -
Human Rights Youth Award
A 12-year-old Tasmanian boy receives the Human Rights Youth Award for using his experiences of years of torment from his own father to help stand up for the rights of children and illustrate the impacts of domestic violence. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-07/tasmanian-boy-honoured-after-abuse-at-hands-of-father/8097846 -
White Ribbon Day
This is the main day for the awareness-raising time for White Ribbon, this is White Ribbon Day all over the world.
