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Stigma, Discrimination and the Weaponisation of Survival: Women’s Experiences of the Intersection between the Child Protection and Criminal Legal Systems

27 March 2026

This report provides a window onto the needs and experiences of women in contact with both the criminal legal and child protection systems. It shows clearly how women experience the intersection of these two systems: as working against them, as well as harming and discriminating against both them and their families at times of crisis.

Stigma, Discrimination and the Weaponisation of Survival: Women’s Experiences of the Intersection between the Child Protection and Criminal Legal Systems

March 2026

This report provides a window onto the needs and experiences of women in contact with both the criminal legal and child protection systems. It shows clearly how women experience the intersection of these two systems: as working against them, as well as harming and discriminating against both them and their families at times of crisis.

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Keeping Violence in View: Identifying Key Themes at the Intersection of Alternative Decision Making and Family Violence

17 June 2024

The report examines how legal mechanisms for alternative decision-making (such as guardianship, powers of attorney, and medical decision-makers) intersect with family violence, particularly affecting older adults and people with disabilities.

Keeping Violence in View: Identifying Key Themes at the Intersection of Alternative Decision Making and Family Violence

June 2024

The report examines how legal mechanisms for alternative decision-making (such as guardianship, powers of attorney, and medical decision-makers) intersect with family violence, particularly affecting older adults and people with disabilities.

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Policing health – exploring racial profiling in issuing of COVID-19 fines

02 May 2023

This report analyses the data of all 37,405 COVID-19 fines issued in 2020 in Victoria. This quantitative analysis of the impact of racial appearance on police in the issuing of COVID fines is the first of its kind in Australia. This analysis represents an important contribution to understanding how racialised communities are policed.

Policing health – exploring racial profiling in issuing of COVID-19 fines

May 2023

This report analyses the data of all 37,405 COVID-19 fines issued in 2020 in Victoria. This quantitative analysis of the impact of racial appearance on police in the issuing of COVID fines is the first of its kind in Australia. This analysis represents an important contribution to understanding how racialised communities are policed.

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