Domestic Violence Resources

Click any of the gathered links below for New South Wales specific domestic violence resources

• Apprehended Violence Orders (AVOs)
• NSW Domestic Violence
• NSW Family & Community Services
• Women’s Legal Services NSW

Click any of the gathered links below for Victoria specific domestic violence resources

• Domestic Violence Victoria
• Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
• Conditions in a family violence intervention order
• What the police do about family violence
• Applying for an intervention order
• If an application has been made against you
• Going to court for an intervention order hearing
• How intervention orders work
• Breaking an intervention order

Click any of the gathered links below for Western Australia specific domestic violence resources

• Magistrates’ Court of Western Australia
• Domestic Violence Western Australia
• Women’s Council

Violence Restraining Order (VRO) Resources

• Court flowchart for interim VROs
• Court flowchart for VRO applications (adjourned/contested hearings)

• Magistrates Court of Western Australia – Violence Restraining Orders
• Children’s Court of Western Australia – Violence Restraining Orders

Family Violence Restraining Order (FVRO) Resources

• Infosheet – Family Violence Restraining Orders
• Infosheet – Conduct Agreement Orders
• Fact sheet – COVID-19: FVRO

Click any of the gathered links below for Queensland specific domestic violence resources

Family Violence Resources

• Magistrates’ Court of Queensland
• Queensland Association of Independent Legal Centres
• Legal Aid Queensland
• Queensland Law Society
• DV Connect

The following organizations may help but do not give legal advice:

• Queensland Police Service responds to emergency situations (eg if there is violence or you or your children have been threatened). If you think you’re in immediate danger, call 000.

• Domestic and Family Violence Court Assistance Service gives information about domestic violence and helps with applications in some courts in Queensland. Court assistance workers can also help with legal aid applications and referrals to other services.

• DV Connect gives counselling, information, referral and help including refuge and shelter placement and crisis intervention to people affected by domestic violence. They also manage the Pets in crisis project arranging foster care for pets while people affected by domestic violence are in temporary accommodation.

• Mensline (DV Connect) is a free, confidential telephone counselling, referral and support service for men.

• Immigrant Women’s Support Service offers free confidential, practical and emotional support to immigrant and refugee women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their children who have experienced domestic or sexual violence.

• Men and Family Relationship Counselling Service provides services including domestic violence prevention counselling. The Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women has has a list of brokerage and emergency crisis payment arrangements available to people experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV), including additional avenues available to people with disability and their children who are impacted by DFV.

Flow Chart – Temporary & Domestic Violence Protection Order Process for a Respondent