First Action Plan Activities Addendum

The First Action Plan Activities Addendum provides details of the activity, its status, a progress update and a link to more information on the activity.

For more information on each of the details, see the list below:
- Action
  - The ‘Action’ the activity fits into within the 10 Actions of the First Action Plan (2023-2027).
- Government
  - The Australian, state and/or territory government who is responsible for the activity.
- Status
  - In planning: The activity is in the planning phase. Work is underway but the service/outcome is not yet available.
  - Current: The service/outcome is currently available for a period of time.
    (e.g. a pilot or trial)
  - Ongoing: The service/outcome is available on an ongoing basis. The activity has been implemented and established as business as usual.
    (e.g. a program that doesn’t have an end date or a strategy has been developed).
  - Finished: The service/outcome is no longer available.
    (e.g. a pilot has ended, or a campaign has finished).
- Domain
  - Which of the four domains in the National Plan the activity fits into (Prevention, Early Intervention, Response, Recovery and Healing or all domains).
- Priority Group
  - These priority groups are identified in the National Plan and are outlined in page 7 of the Outcomes Framework. Activities may include a primary and secondary focus.
- Service system
  - Refers to the activities person-centred service system noted in page 71 of the National Plan. Activities may include a primary and secondary focus.
- Year added
  - This is the year that the activity was added to the annual Activities Addendum update. It is not the year that the activity started. For example, the activity started in December 2024 and it was added to the addendum in the 2025 annual update.
- Year finished
  - This is the year that the activity was marked as finished in the annual addendum update. It is not the year during which the activity finished. For example, the activity was finished in December 2024 and it was marked as finished in the 2025 annual update.

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Introduce the Sexual, Family and Personal Violence Legislation Amendment Act 2024

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Justice, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2025 | Year finished 2025

Justice Navigator pilot for victim survivors of sexual assault

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | Victorian government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2025

Legal aid commissions to continue a lawyer-assisted family law property mediation service

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family law system, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Legal assistance for marginalised victim-survivors of family violence

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Victorian government

Priority group: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, Women and girls | Service systems: Specialist legal services, Women's services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Legal assistance for people experiencing family and sexual violence

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Tasmanian government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Specialist legal services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Legal assistance services for Aboriginal victims of family violence.

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Specialist legal services, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Legal assistance services for vulnerable women.

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Specialist legal services, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Legal assistance services for women experiencing domestic violence.

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Specialist legal services, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Legislative reforms to improve the treatment of victim-survivors during court processes

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | Queensland government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Ministerial-level roundtable on addressing sexual violence

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

National Access to Justice Partnership and Family Violence Prevention Legal Services

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

National expansion of specialised and trauma-informed services for victims and survivors

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

National expansion of the ‘Priority Property Pools’ program

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family law system, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

National justice sector education and training package

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

National Legal Assistance Partnership and Family Violence Prevention Legal Services

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2024 | Year finished 2025

National review and comparative analysis of criminal law frameworks

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2025

National training and education package to enhance police responses

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Police, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

New alternative dispute resolution programs and child assessments that provide intervention pathways

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Family law system | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2023

New guidance documents for family violence orders

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Justice, Family law system | Domain: Response | Year added 2024 | Year finished 2025

New Legal Financial Assistance scheme for eligible parents

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Family law system | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2023

Next generation technology and instruments for forensic scientists

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Tasmanian government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Police, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Office of Director of Public Prosecutions Learning and Development updates

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls, Children and young people | Service systems: Justice, Education | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Opportunity for vulnerable witnesses to have their evidence recorded

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Justice, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Partnerships between community legal centres and maternal child health clinics

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Victorian government

Priority group: Children and young people, Women and girls | Service systems: Health, Specialist legal services | Domain: Early intervention | Year added 2025

Professional development training for legal practitioners on coercive control

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Family law system, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Research to address systemic reasons for the high attrition rates for sexual violence matters.

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice, Police | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Review and implement therapeutic programs and services for women in custody

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Queensland government

Priority group: Women and girls, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children | Service systems: Women's services, Welfare | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Review of legislation and justice responses to domestic and family violence

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Northern Territory government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: All service systems | Domain: All domains | Year added 2023

Review of South Australia's sexual consent laws

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Review of specialist approaches to managing sexual assault cases

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2024

Roll out specialist domestic and family violence courts

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Queensland government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Rollout of Family Safety Service positions

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Western Australian government

Priority group: Men and boys, Women and girls | Service systems: Child protection and support, Police | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Sexual Assault (Police) Review

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Police | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2025

Shared understanding of high-risk perpetrator and National Criminal Intelligence System enhancements

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice, Police | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Strengthen Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian, State and Territory governments

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Strengthen specialist police prosecution

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | Tasmanian government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Police, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Strengthen the Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Court Model

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Northern Territory government

Priority group: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, Women and girls | Service systems: Justice, Specialist legal services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Strengthening legislative procedural protections for vulnerable witnesses

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Strengthening of stalking and sexual harassment laws

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Perpetrator interventions, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2025 | Year finished 2025

Study on alternative reporting mechanisms for victims and survivors

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2025

Study to explore a Commonwealth witness intermediary scheme to support witnesses

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2024 to protect victims of crime

Status:

Finished

Action 9 – Justice | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Justice, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2025

The Summary Offences (Humiliating, Degrading and Invasive Depictions) Amendment Act 2025

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Trauma-informed and intersectional strategy for Court Services

Status:

Ongoing

Action 9 – Justice | Queensland government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Updating Office of Director of Public Prosecutions policies and best practice protocols for working with victims of DFSV

Status:

In planning

Action 9 – Justice | South Australian government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Justice, Child protection and support | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service support for victim-survivors

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | New South Wales government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service support for victim-survivors

Status:

Current

Action 9 – Justice | New South Wales government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Police, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Big Housing Build that houses victim-survivors

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, Women and girls | Service systems: Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Crisis Accommodation Program and Perpetrator Response Program

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls, Men and boys | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Perpetrator interventions | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Delivery of 2 Rapid Rehousing for Women Leaving Refuge programs

Status:

In planning

Action 10 – Housing | Western Australian government

Priority group: Children and young people, Women and girls | Service systems: Housing, Women's services | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2025

DFSV Housing Pathways Transitional Accommodation program

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Northern Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls, Children and young people | Service systems: Research, Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Digitisation of the Housing Assistance application process

Status:

Finished

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2024 | Year finished 2025

Enhanced housing service response through a specialist response team

Status:

Finished

Action 10 – Housing | Queensland government

Priority group: Women and girls, All other priority groups | Service systems: Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2025

Ensure rental laws support renters experiencing domestic and family violence

Status:

Finished

Action 10 – Housing | Queensland government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Housing, Legislation | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2025

Every Aboriginal Person Has a Home – The Victorian Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Framework

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children | Service systems: Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Expand the capacity of the specialist homelessness sector

Status:

Finished

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Flexible support packages for victim-survivors

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Tasmanian government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Good Samaritan Inn partnership project

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Women and girls, Children and young people | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Homelessness and social housing approaches that consider the needs of victim-survivors

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | New South Wales government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Housing | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2023

Housing Australia Future Fund - social and affordable housing

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Government

Priority group: Older women, Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Housing | Domain: All domains | Year added 2023

Housing programs for accommodation needs after exiting prison

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children | Service systems: Housing, Justice | Domain: Response | Year added 2024

Housing Security for Older Women Taskforce

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | South Australian government

Priority group: Older women | Service systems: Housing, All other service systems | Domain: All domains | Year added 2023

iCBR repair and undertake maintenance work on public housing properties

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Housing, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2024

Improve financial and housing security of women experiencing violence

Status:

Finished

Action 10 – Housing | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls, All other priority groups | Service systems: All other service systems, Housing | Domain: All domains | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2024

Improve intersections between housing and DFSV policies and programs

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Northern Territory government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Policy, Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Improving access to safe and stable housing for women and children escaping violence

Status:

In planning

Action 10 – Housing | Western Australian government

Priority group: Children and young people, Women and girls | Service systems: Housing, Women's services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Increasing capacity of refuges through a package of safe accommodation initiatives.

Status:

In planning

Action 10 – Housing | Western Australian government

Priority group: Children and young people, Women and girls | Service systems: Housing, Women's services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Keeping Women Safe in their Homes

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Australian, State and Territory governments

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

McAuley Community Services for Women Heywood House (McAuley) partnership project

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Children and young people, Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Medium-term temporary stable housing for victim-survivors leaving refuges

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Culturally diverse, migrant and refugee women and children, Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2023

New Core and Cluster women’s refuges and upgrade existing refuges

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | New South Wales government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: All other service systems, Housing | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2023

Personal Safety Initiative

Status:

In planning

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Project delivering medium-term accommodation with support program coordination

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Children and young people, Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Housing | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2023

Rapid Rehousing Program

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Tasmanian government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Refuge Redevelopment Program to replace and build new refuges

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Safe and Secure Housing Program

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | South Australian government

Priority group: Women and girls | Service systems: Housing, Women's services | Domain: Recovery and healing | Year added 2025

Safe at Home program

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: All priority groups | Service systems: Housing, Perpetrator interventions | Domain: Response | Year added 2025

Safe Places Emergency Accommodation Program

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Government

Priority group: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, Culturally diverse, migrant and refugee women and children | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Housing | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Safe Steps and McAuley Community Services for Women crisis accommodation partnership

Status:

Finished

Action 10 – Housing | Victorian government

Priority group: Women and girls, Children and young people | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023 | Year finished 2024

Specialist domestic, family and sexual violence outreach worker embedded at visitor accommodation to support victim-survivors

Status:

Ongoing

Action 10 – Housing | Northern Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls, Children and young people | Service systems: Housing, Women's services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Specialist Homelessness Sector programs to support people experiencing or at risk of homelessness

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Women and girls, Children and young people | Service systems: Housing, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Strategic partnership on homelessness services with community sector providers

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Australian Capital Territory government

Priority group: Not applicable | Service systems: Housing, Policy | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

Streamline pathways to safe, secure and affordable housing

Status:

Current

Action 10 – Housing | Queensland government

Priority group: Women and girls, Women and girls | Service systems: Family domestic sexual violence services, Family domestic sexual violence services | Domain: Response | Year added 2023

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