Meet Sicura DV: Training Safer, More Accountable Practice
SICURA DV provides professional training, supervision, and support for practitioners and allied professionals working with domestic violence offenders and survivors, focusing on safety, accountability, and evidence-based practice. Our vision is a society where the dignity, equality, autonomy, and liberty of all are promoted, practiced, and protected – and where families (women, children, and men) are free from violence, abuse, coercive control, […]
Beyond Access: Why Availability Does Not Always Mean Safety for CALD Survivors
By Juliana Mantilla, Challenge DV Australia has made significant progress in responding to domestic and family violence. Across the country, specialist services, crisis accommodation, legal assistance, counselling, behaviour change programs and police responses have been developed to prevent violence, support individuals and families, and strengthen pathways to safety, accountability and recovery. Yet an important question remains: If services are available, why […]
Hidden in Plain Sight
How We Can Better Serve Women Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence By Ola Khalil, DFSV Practitioner at the Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS) This is the story of Amira. When conflict broke out in 2023, Amira and her family fled their village outside El Geneina in West Darfur. As they fled, she was […]
When Safety Is Not Enough
A message from our CEO, Lisa Ward Domestic, family and sexual violence does not begin with a police call, an emergency department presentation or a refuge placement. More often, it begins much earlier. It can take hold when someone becomes isolated from friends and family, cannot communicate confidently in English, has no independent income, does not understand Australian laws […]
National CHSP CALD Roundtable: Final papers are now available
The final papers from the National CHSP CALD Roundtable discussion are now available. The roundtable was convened on 23 April 2026 to provide Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers, Sector Support and Development (SSD) organisations, partner organisations such as Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) and sector stakeholders with an opportunity to discuss the impact […]
Event Recap: See It. Name It. Report It. Elder Abuse and SIRS in Practice
For Elder Abuse Awareness Month 2026, ECCQ Multicultural Partners organised See It. Name It. Report It. Elder Abuse and SIRS in Practice, a networking and information session focused on building awareness and strengthening responses to elder abuse. The event brought together aged care providers, quality and risk professionals, and advocacy stakeholders to explore the prevalence and […]
Allies and Friends Toolkit – Now Available on ABC Kids Early Education and ABC iview
For many multicultural communities, the strength of diversity, culture, and connection is already deeply understood and lived every day. The Allies and Friends online toolkit, developed by Jenae Tien and the Expand Your Library team for ABC Kids Early Education, builds on this foundation, supporting children to explore identity, belonging, and respect in ways that are engaging, […]
Amplifying Young Voices: Youth Toolkit in Development
We’re excited to share that the Youth Ethnic Network (YEN) is developing a youth Toolkit for Queensland, a new resource designed to strengthen youth advocacy, leadership, and representation across our multicultural communities. At the heart of the toolkit will be the voices and stories of young people from across Queensland. Through lived experience, creativity, and reflection, […]
Matu Community of Queensland – Member Spotlight
Earlier this year, the Matu Community of Queensland opened the Matu Community Hub Centre providing document support, homework help and much more. We spent some time with them to hear about how they did it, and the challenges along the way. 1.What is the story behind establishing your community space; what need or vision brought […]
CEO Message: March 2026
Around the world and here in Australia, communities are navigating a period of significant change. Economic pressures, global tensions and increasingly polarised public debates can leave many people feeling uncertain about the future. In times like these, it is easy for fear or misunderstanding to shape how we see one another. When that happens, the sense of belonging […]
