When we started this journey back in February, we had a COVID vaccine rollout roadmap looking like achieving herd immunity by around the time of the Forum. That is no longer the case. In February, we didn’t have the Delta variant to contend with. Lockdowns now remain a real risk […]
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A group of Australia’s peak bodies, advocates and leading organisations representing and working in specialist family, domestic and sexual violence services have this week signed a letter to the National Federation Reform Council’s Taskforce on Women’s Safety. The letter, co-signed by SPEAQ and sent to Qld’s Attorney General and Minister […]
This year’s SPEAQ Forum is taking shape! I’m pleased to confirm that the date for SPEAQ Forum 2021 is 7th – 8th October 2021 (Thursday and Friday). The theme for this event will be Effectiveness – Intervention Programs and Beyond, exploring what contributes to effectiveness in DFV Intervention programs for […]
Exciting news! SPEAQ will be hosting a conference this year! The Steering Committee have committed to progressing plans for a conference towards the end of this year, to be held in a regional location. The strength of our network depends on person to person connections among practitioners and managers across […]
This article looks at considerations for self-care in domestic and family violence work broadly, as well as with particular reference to working in men's domestic violence intervention programs.
In this Q&A article, Rodney Vlais interviews Rosie O’Malley, CEO of the DVPC, Gold Coast, about the history, development and current practice in their mandated men’s DV intervention program.
In this Q&A article, Rodney Vlais interviews Steve Lock, Principal Program Officer for Walking with Dads, Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women, about the Walking With Dads pilot program, and the practice ideas and framework that informs it.