Health and safety
- Getting help for people experiencing violence
- Domestic and sexual violence
- Whole of Government Domestic and Family Violence Strategy
- White Ribbon Day
Getting help for people experiencing violence
If you are in danger right now, call the police or ambulance service on 000.
Contact numbers for advice and assistance are available at our Find a service phone helpers page.
Feeling healthy and well is a key to getting the most out of life. That's why improving women's health and well-being is integral to the Queensland Government's overall vision of making things better for Queensland women.
Queensland Health is the Government's lead health agency. Further information is available from the Queensland Health women's health website.
Domestic and sexual violence
Women experience higher rates of domestic and sexual violence than men throughout their lives. The Queensland Government maintains that violence against women is unacceptable and unlawful. It is committed to building safer and more supportive communities where everyone is treated with dignity, respect and fairness. Several resources and publications are available on these topics.
Whole of Government Domestic and Family Violence Strategy
In Rockhampton on 10 July 2009, the Honourable Karen Struthers MP, Minister for Communities and Housing and Minister for Women, launched For Our Sons and Daughters - A Queensland Government strategy to reduce domestic and family violence 2009-2014 and the first year's Program of Action.
Read more about the Whole of Government Domestic and Family Violence Strategy.
Telephone help lines for domestic and sexual violence issues.
Ministerial media releases on domestic violence
November 2009
September 2009
July 2009
- ‘Dying to be heard’ – speaking out against domestic violence
- Panel appointed to review domestic violence deaths
- New service to help Cooktown women and children
- New approach to domestic violence underway
- State Government to launch Domestic Violence Strategy
June 2009
May 2009
- Gold Coast service gets $3M to stop family violence deaths
- Strategy to stamp out the scourge of domestic violence
- Help for women and children escaping violence
- $230,000 for counselling to end the cycle of abuse
- $2.5M for Women and Children to Flee from Abuse
- $4.5M funding to provide court support for abused women
- Funding legal support for women escaping domestic violence
White Ribbon Day
White Ribbon Day, 25 November, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Show your support by wearing a white ribbon. To find out more, and to order resources, visit the White Ribbon Campaign website.
Read Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s speech on Respecting Women and Leading Men delivered at the White Ribbon Foundation Annual White Tie Dinner, 17 September 2008.
Read Australian Government Minister for the Status of Women Tanya Plibersek’s media release on Reducing the Cycle of Violence Against Women, released 18 September 2008.
The Department of Communities is the Government's lead agency for domestic and family violence issues. Further information is available from the Department of Communities' violence prevention website.
Read the previous Minister for Communities, Lindy Nelson-Carr’s, media release of 25 November 2008: White Ribbons say 'no' to domestic and family violence.
We have also brought together information, web resources and publications about activities and services to help older women's economic and social participation in the community under the heading Safe and active older women.
Last updated: 16 November 2009
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