The Partnership
Hear from the organisations that form the safety measures partnership:
Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory (APO NT) is an alliance of eight Aboriginal-led entities working together to address key issues affecting Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, and to provide practical policy solutions to government on matters of shared concern and interest.
Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women’s Services is the peak body in Victoria for Aboriginal women, advising peak Aboriginal organisations, governments and non-government. They provide refuge, family violence support, support women in the justice system and offers services to families and partners. As an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation, they work in close consultation with Aboriginal communities.
“Safety Measures is particularly exciting because it's the first time we've had a sector led data and evidence program. This means the sector making decisions about how to use the vast amount of data collected, to tell the story of what is happening for survivors in the system & how services are able to respond with the limited resources they have at hand.”
– Tania Farha, CEO of Safe and Equal
Embolden is South Australia’s peak body for specialist domestic, family, and sexual violence services. We advocate for the rights of women, children and all people to respect, safety and self-determination. We represent and support 23 member services, including Aboriginal-led organisations, services working with children and services targeted to people using violence. Collectively, we aim to drive improved legislation, policy and service responses to domestic, family and sexual violence, informed by lived experience and evidence from research and practice.
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council is an Anangu led organisation delivering health, social and cultural services across 26 remote communities in the cross-border region of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1980 as an advocacy body, they are now a leader in human service provision. Guided by women’s law, authority and culture, they remain proudly governed by Aboriginal women.
“Safety Measures is such a critical opportunity to give our sector insights into how we can build our capacity and to strengthen how we can advocate to governments to meet those needs from a stronger evidence base.”
– Mary Leaker, General Manager of Embolden
The Northern Territory Council of Social Services (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the social and community sector in the NT representing around 110 member organisations across diverse service areas. NTCOSS advocates social justice on behalf of people and communities affected by poverty and disadvantage and works to strengthen the sector and support essential community services.
Safe and Equal is Victoria’s peak body for organisations addressing family and gender-based violence across prevention, intervention, response, and recovery. They are an independent, non-government organisation supporting over 80 members and works to prevent violence and support those affected, building safer futures for individuals and families.
“There's real opportunity for the partnership and the work of the program to better identify what the need is out there in terms of safety, and particularly safety for rural and remote context, across the three jurisdictions in which the partnership is existing… not only to understand better the need, but to coordinate better solutions to the issues that we're seeing and where there's those service and support gaps.”
– Nicole Hucks, APONT
Acknowledgement
Safety Measures acknowledges the vast and numerous countries spanning across Victoria, South Australia and Northern Territory. We pay respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and recognise First Nations peoples’ rights to self-determination and continuing connections to land, waters, community and culture.
