COAG Advisory Panel on Reducing Violence against Women and their Children : final report

"In April 2015, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to take urgent collective actionto reduce violence against women and their children, including domestic violence, family violenceand sexual assault. The COAG Advisory Panel on Reducing Violence against Women and their Children (the Advisory Panel) was established to provide advice to COAG on how to reduce violence against women andtheir children by identifying areas for national leadership. ... The Advisory Panel was asked to focus on innovative, practical and deliverable recommendations that could make a real and lasting difference in addressing violence against women and their children in Australia. Its advice builds on the existing efforts of all jurisdictions, through the framework of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 (the National Plan), and on the work of local communities and women's services, which have been leading efforts to address violence against women and their children for many decades. ... This report is the Advisory Panel's third and final report to COAG. It provides advice on areas for continued national leadership in addressing violence against women and their children in Australia, including through the Third Action Plan of the National Plan, which is due for release in 2016."--Introduction.