Time for action : the National Council's plan for Australia to reduce violence against women and their children, 2009-2021.

[Canberra, A.C.T.] : Commonwealth of Australia, 2009.

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Aboriginal Australians -- Violence against.

Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Abuse of.

Crime prevention -- Australia.

Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Australia.

Family violence -- Australia.

Family violence -- Government policy -- Australia.

Sexual abuse victims -- Services for.

Victims of family violence -- Australia -- Services for.

Violence -- Prevention -- Australia.

Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Violence against.

Executive summary; The plan of action recommendations to the Australian government; Introduction; Outcome 1: Communities are safe and free from violence; Outcome 2: Relationships are respectful; Outcome 3: Services meet the needs of women and their children; Outcome 4: Responses are just: Outcome 5: Perpetrators stop their violence; Outcome 6: Systems work together effectively; Implementation of the plan of action; Monitoring and evaluation of the council's plan of action; Terminology and key concepts.

Title from electronic document (viewed 1/6/10)

Victims of abuse are generally women and children, and these include bi-sexuals, lesbians, intersex persons, transgender persons, and transexual/transsexual persons; behaviours associated with domestic violence include: emotional abuse, verbal abuse, social abuse, economic abuse, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse [taken from terminology and key concepts pages]

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