Useful information
What is family violence?
Family and domestic violence is any violent, threatening, coercive or controlling behaviour that occurs in current or past family, domestic or intimate relationships. If a child witnesses abusive behaviour or is exposed to the impacts of this, they are a victim of family violence in their own right.
Family violence can be:
- limiting your control of money, e.g. by giving you a spending allowance or stopping you from working.
- threatening to hurt your family, friends, pets or themselves.
- threatening to tell others about your sexuality or personal information.
- checking to see what you’re doing all of the time.
- physically hurting you, breaking objects or using force to scare you.
- putting you down, calling you names, making you feel worthless.
- criticising or controling decisions you make.
- threatening to cancel your visa.
- stopping you from seeing other people or connecting to culture.
- wanting to access your personal messages, phone or social media.
Visas and family violence
What to do if you are experiencing family violence while on a partner visa, temporary visa or if you do not have a visa.
Victims of Crime
Information about the rights of people who have suffered physical or emotional injury, or financial loss because of a crime.