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The NSW Government has a range of policies and programs designed to respond to domestic and family violence in NSW. The Commonwealth Government also has an overarching DFV policy framework that applies nationally. The main NSW Government departments responsible for responses to DFV are the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and NSW Health. DCJ funds specialist DFV services throughout NSW, which support DFV victim-survivors to find safety and rebuild their lives, through funding a range of programs delivered through these services. NSW Health oversees and funds the responses to DFV delivered through the health system.

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NSW Women’s Strategy
The NSW Women’s Strategy identifies priorities for women across NSW, the proposed response, and establishes a whole-of-government approach to improving outcomes for women and girls in NSW. Women NSW, in the Department of Premier and Cabinet, is responsible for overseeing implementation of the Strategy.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Action Plan 2023-2026
This Plan supports the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, aiming to ensure all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, children, families and communities are safe and free from family, domestic, and sexual violence, specifically working towards the Closing the Gap target 13.
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NSW Sexual Violence Plan 2022-2027
The NSW Sexual Violence Plan works in conjunction with the NSW Domestic and Family Violence Plan to provide a coordinated framework to guide a collective effort to end sexual violence.
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NSW Domestic and Family Violence Plan 2022-2027
The NSW Sexual Violence Plan works in conjunction with the National Plan NSW Sexual Violence Plan to provide a coordinated framework to guide a collective effort to end domestic, family, and sexual violence.
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NSW Health Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence, 2021-2026
The NSW Health Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence 2021-2026 provides strategic direction and guides action for NSW Health over the next five years to strengthen the public health system’s role in preventing and responding to domestic and family violence.
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The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2022 - 2032
The National Plan is the Commonwealth Government’s key policy related to reducing DFV and sexual assault. It aims to provide a coordinated framework for action by the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments.
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Domestic Violence NSW would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the breadth and depth of Australia, including the traditional custodians on the land on which DVNSW operates, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
Domestic Violence NSW acknowledges that we live work and play on Aboriginal land. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future and give thanks to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, on which we are housed. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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