Making sense of
domestic and family violence service demand, capacity and impact.

About Safety Measures

You can’t address what you can’t measure. We’re working to develop a comprehensive, evidence-driven understanding of the community’s need for domestic and family violence support and the system’s capacity to meet this.

We’re using a mix of approaches to try and better understand the scale and nature of need, demand, supply, capacity and impact of specialist services, and how these measures interact.

A sunset or sunrise sky with dark clouds and orange, pink, and purple hues, silhouetted trees including a tall tamarind tree and palm fronds in the foreground.

Service measurement

Every person experiencing domestic or family violence in Australia should be able to access the support and safety that they need, when they need it.

The Partnership 

Safety Measures is a partnership between six domestic and family violence organisations across the Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria. 

Logo of Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory with four concentric circles in red, yellow, and black, resembling traditional Aboriginal art patterns.
Logo of Women's Council with an illustration of a woman in traditional attire.
Logo with the words 'SAFE + EQUAL' in black text, with a pink plus sign in between.
Logo with the word 'embolden' in black lowercase letters, with a yellow dot replacing the letter 'o'.
Logo of the Northern Territory Council of Social Service featuring a green triangle with a circle and a curved line, and the text 'NTCOSS Northern Territory Council of Social Service'.
Logo for Elizabeth Morgan House, Indigenous Women's Services Inc., featuring a circular design with abstract images of people and a clock, in purple and white.

Program updates

Where we work

The Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria are three distinctive jurisdictions, reflecting the domestic and family violence sector’s diversity across the country. 

Map of Australia divided into five regions, with each region shaded in dark purple.

We recognise the diversity of people with lived experience of domestic and family violence across this continent. We honour the strengths and knowledge of victim survivors and understand that violence is only one part of their lives. The insights of victim survivors are essential to understanding the domestic and family violence service sector and improving access and inclusion in the future. 

Subscribe to receive our latest updates.