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Join us for a dynamic two-day summit shaping the future of data in the APS. Featuring keynotes, case studies, fireside chats, roundtables, workshops, and peer-to-peer discussions, the program is built to deliver practical takeaways— from actionable frameworks and playbooks to lessons learned from major government transformations.

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AM Plenary: Rethinking systems to strengthen harm reduction

9:00 AM -12:00 PMWorkshop A: Embedding lived experience into family and domestic violence case management to strengthen responses to intersecting needs and support recovery

Sexual abuse and family and domestic violence (FDV) do not occur in isolation. Victim-survivors escaping violence often require a range of interconnected supports, including safe housing, mental health care and other wraparound services. In this context, embedding lived experience is essential to designing services that are accessible, responsive and effective. However, integrating lived expertise into service delivery can present complex practical and organisational challenges.

Attend this practical workshop and learn how to:

Develop a roadmap to embed lived experience into domestic violence practice for practical outcomes
Educating teams and gaining buy-in and engagement with consumer safety and breaking down stereotypes
Mapping out and standardising processes and positions and ensuring sustainability
Navigate the complexities to co-occurring issues, such as domestic violence, homelessness and AOD

Facilitators:

12:00 PM Networking luncheon

1:00 PM - 4:00 PMWorkshop B: Strategies to manage vicarious trauma, improve well-being and thrive in the DFSV sector

Staff retention and workforce wellbeing remain significant challenges across the family safety sector, particularly in rural, regional and remote communities. As practitioners respond to increasingly complex presentations of violence, the impacts of vicarious trauma, burnout and compassion fatigue continue to place pressure on the workforce.

Attend this practical workshop and learn how to:

Explore ongoing support for vicarious trauma and other job-related challenges
Upskilling and professional development to keep up with the pace of change
Planning next steps in your career by understanding pathways and progression

7:00 AM Registration opens

8:40 AM Welcome to Country

8:50 AM Opening remarks from the Chair 

Rethinking systems to strengthen harm reduction

9:00 AMOpening keynote: Reducing domestic violence and sexual abuse in the NT by Breaking down barriers placed by fragmented systems, dismantling of self-determination and structural racism

Unpacking the impacts of changes to legislation to families, communities and the sector at large
Reducing harm caused by systemic failures and structural racism by working together as one, unified community-led sector
Supporting families and strengthening self-determination within the family safety sector to end the ongoing impacts of fractured systems and relationships

9:40 AM Panel discussion: Preventing harm in remote communities by delivering culturally grounded, On Country services

Delivering service in language and On Country to improve prevention, response and healing
Strengthening partnerships and building trust to drive long-term change
Working with families and kin to supporting healing and recovery

Moderator:

Panellists:

10:20 AM Morning refreshments

Chair:

10:50 AMCase study: Developing and implementing successful On Country primary prevention strategies

Drawing on lived experience to design On country programs
Developing engaging program for young people for whom English is their 4th or 5th language
Advocating for girls at risk and for early intervention with boys with harmful behaviours
Exploring the lessons learned of delivering programs in the remote East Arnhem area of NT

11:30 PM Case study: Working with men to end the cycle of violence through healing and accountability

Identifying the key barriers across systems, workforce capability and service delivery that limit effective responses to men who use violence
Exploring opportunities for collaboration with intersecting services to deliver more coordinated perpetrator interventions
Creating safe practice environments that build workforce confidence and capability when responding to perpetrators

12:10 PM Fireside chat: Building early screening capability across intersecting services to provide early support

Working with AOD, mental health, housing and allied health to develop screening capability
Upskilling staff to effectively support victims and help them navigate the next steps
Discussing how to work with and perpetrators in a non-collusive way

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

1:50 PMCase study: Healing Inside: Developing an integrated, First Nations driven model of care for women impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence

Understanding the key components of a First Nations-driven, trauma-integrated model of care for women impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence
Identifying practical strategies for embedding cultural healing, co-design, and lived experience into every aspect of service delivery
Exploring approaches to strengthening coordination between corrections, legal, health, housing, and specialist DFSV services
Considering how integrated models of care can improve continuity of support, safety, and post-release outcomes for women

2:30 PMYarning circles

Topic 1:
Strengthening collaboration between non-Aboriginal organisations and ACCOs to drive meaningful healing and prevention outcomes

Topic 2:
Strengthening support for victim-survivors as they navigate and work with the justice system

Topic 3:
Driving harm reduction in multicultural communities through culturally-grounded crisis response, healing and recovery

Topic 4:
Delivering holistic,culturally informed services for young people impacted by violence

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Reducing gender-based violence

3:40 PMPanel discussion: Unpacking why national gender-based violence frameworks don't work in the Northern Territory and what needs to change

Developing strategies to improve the efficacy national gender-based violence frameworks in NT by accounting for its unique cultural and geographic landscape
Tailoring delivery for the specific service infrastructure, distances and workforce of the Territory
Creating a roadmap to reduce gender-based violence through place-based solutions and community-led partnerships

Panellists:

4:10 PM Case study: Promoting healthy masculinity and self-determination to reduce gender-based violence

Ensuring that your message resonates with men and boys by avoiding labels and language that alienate them

Collaborating with schools, youth hubs, parents and mentors to develop effective programs that promote healthy masculinity

Adapting programs for diverse audiences

4:50 PM Healing circle

5:00 PM Closing remarks from the Chair and end of day one

Chair:

10:50 AM Case study: Closing systemic loopholes that can be exploited for coercive control (banking, custody, location tracking, AI tools) and steps to close them

Uncovering new tactics being exploited to perpetrate coercive control

From Centrelink and banking systems to smart home technology and location tracking: understanding how technology and systems are exploited to exert control and perpetuate abuse beyond separation
Exploring strategies the sector can implement to reduce harm and mitigate emerging risks

11:30 AM Panel Discussion: Embedding lived experience ethically into service design to prevent financial abuse

Changing ways of working to transform mindsets, service design and responses to financial abuse
Exploring how lived experience participation can support healing, empowerment and recovery
Unpacking systems abuse and identifying opportunities to design services that better prevent harm

12:10 PMFireside chat : Minimising harm caused by rape myths, stigma and harmful perceptions of victim-survivors

Understanding the role that language plays in perpetuating stigma and how to change it
Challenging prevalent narratives and stereotypes that fuel harmful behaviours and strategies to work to drive change in law enforcement and the sector at large
Developing effective, trauma-informed responses when justice systems fail by supporting victim-survivors, advocating for better outcomes and building sector capability

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Panellist:

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

1:50 PM Case study: Demystifying elder sexual abuse, rethinking outreach and support and improving capability to drive harm reduction

Understanding sexual violence perpetrating against elders including intimate partner violence and its occurrence in aged care facilities

Learning how to identify elder sexual abuse and mapping effective response strategies

Rethinking outreach and strategies to empower elders to recognise and report sexual abuse

2:30 PM Yarning circles

Topic 1:
Embedding lived experience as lived expertise in the domestic violence sector

Facilitators:

Topic 2:
Developing ethical strategies to prevent and respond to technology and AI-facilitated sexual violence

Topic 3:
Building pathways to help victim-survivors overcome the trauma and barriers placed by misidentification

Topic 4:
Investigating the impact of stigma and shame in under-reporting and strategies to overcome the barriers

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Reducing gender-based violence

3:40 PMPanel discussion: Unpacking why national gender-based violence frameworks don't work in the Northern Territory and what needs to change

Developing strategies to improve the efficacy national gender-based violence frameworks in NT by accounting for its unique cultural and geographic landscape
Tailoring delivery for the specific service infrastructure, distances and workforce of the Territory
Creating a roadmap to reduce gender-based violence through place-based solutions and community-led partnerships

Panellists:

4:10 PM Case study: Working with men to reduce gender-based violence through education, awareness raising, promoting well-being and secondary prevention

Supporting rehabilitation and secondary prevention to end the use of violence amongst participants and players
Defining and promoting what heathy masculinity looks like
Raising voices and building community awareness
Engaging with women and the sector to improve program effectiveness

4:50 PM Healing circle

5:00 PM Closing remarks from the Chair and end of day one

8:00 AM Registration opens

8:50 AM Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair

Developing coordinated, systems-wide responses to family violence and sexual abuse

9:00 AMOpening keynote: Strengthening and unifying systems to deliver sustainable, lasting outcomes

Developing a roadmap for the sector to break across siloes

Identifying and addressing the barriers that prevent sector-wide collaboration

Tools, strategies and framework to work better together

9:40 AM Case study: Developing First-Nations models of healing and restoration to promote individual and community wellbeing

Understanding different models for On Country healing
Working and engaging with community Elders and families to ensure ongoing support
Addressing the challenges of delivering services in remote communities

10:20 AM Morning refreshments

Chair:

10:50 AMCase study: Establishing housing pathways as an enabler of long-term healing and recovery for victim survivors

Identifying the systemic issues that prevent victim-survivors from securing housing and strategies to overcome them

Exploring core-and-cluster models to support recovery

Adopting a culturally informed lens to enable tong term healing

11:30 AMCase study: Supporting men to rebuild identity, strengthen accountability and wellbeing, and create lasting change

Understanding the Community of Care model that is based on lived experience, professional practice, culturally responsive support and community connection to remove the barriers that men face when seeking rehabilitation
Strengthening community support systems, working with Elders and kin to create a network to support change
Embedding flexibility to better support men in remote and regional communities

12:10 PMCase Study: Developing pathways for establishment post-separation to enable victim survivors to enable victim survivors begin the next chapter with confidence and agency

Enabling victim-survivors overcome the long-term impacts of isolation and abuse
Identifying the gaps and lack of support for establishment and creating a policy and practice framework to bridge them
Developing a roadmap for building and strengthening support systems for establishment

Panellists:

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

1:50 PMPanel Discussion: Creating innovative strategies to help victim-survivors navigate and take control of their healing journey

Enabling victim-survivors reclaim agency and plan their journey to independence

Identifying barriers and pain points across complex and opaque systems

Developing strategies to support systems navigation and prevent retraumatisation

Leveraging technology to support recovery and healing

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2:30 PMCase study: Building inclusive, place-based outreach service to reduce harm across communities

Strengthening relationships through community-led, place-based outreach
Developing a partnership that overcomes obstacles placed by exclusionary criteria and funding challenges
Exploring lessons learned and how to scale and replicate place-based outreach in other communities

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Developing coordinated, systems-wide responses to family violence and sexual abuse

3:40 PMPanel discussion: Driving and enabling cross-sector collaboration to deliver truly integrated services, break down systemic barriers and drive better family safety outcomes

Working together to repair fragmented systems

Adopting a client- centred lens and ensuring seamless, trauma informed support from prevention to response and recovery

Building the foundations of an effective and sustainable collaboration

Panellists:

4:20 PMCase study: Adapting programs with Aboriginal leadership and shared authorship improve family safety outcomes

Embedding cultural governance and Elders’ leadership as drivers of safe implementation
Keeping women and children at the centre of behaviour change interventions
Building partnerships between Aboriginal-led organisations and non-Aboriginal led services
Lessons for practitioners, service systems and governments seeking to implement culturally responsive family violence interventions

Co-presenters:

4:50 PM Healing circle

5:00 PM Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference

Chair:

10:50 AMCase study: Transforming service pathways for young people who have experienced violence to minimise harm

Exploring the complexities and uncomfortable truths around recognising young people as victims in their own right

Creating trauma-informed support and service pathways for young people facing violence

Working with gender diverse and LGBTIQ+ youth

11:30 AMCase study: Reviewing how risk information about children with complex needs is shared with service providers to ensure the safety of all children in various care settings

The impact of timely information sharing
How true collaboration can be practically and legally achieved in the interests of child safety

12:10 PM Case study: Creating relational models that strengthen support young people and ensure that they don't fall through the cracks

Understanding the key gaps and barriers that young people that prevent them from seeking help and reporting abuse

Rethinking outreach by meeting young people at services that they engage with including schools, community sports

Incorporating peer and therapeutic support to enable long term healing

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

1:50 PMPanel Discussion: Navigating the complexities of intimate partner violence amongst young people to improve preventive measures and support

Recognising the early signs of controlling or violent behaviour between young people themselves

Developing strategies to constructively engage young people who use violence

Learning how to support young people who experience violence

Developing integrated pathways for support

2:30 PMCase Study: 'Hitting The Spot' - a co-designed, NT model for Youth Sexual Health and DFSV Recovery

Co-designing an integrated model that meets young people where they are at
Embedding flexibility and adaptability to ensure an iterative approach as needs and demands change
Identifying and removing the structural and societal barriers that prevent young people from seeking help

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Developing coordinated, systems-wide responses to family violence and sexual abuse

3:40 PMPanel discussion: Driving and enabling cross-sector collaboration to deliver truly integrated services, break down systemic barriers and drive better family safety outcomes

Working together to repair fragmented systems

Adopting a client- centred lens and ensuring seamless, trauma informed support from prevention to response and recovery

Building the foundations of an effective and sustainable collaboration

Panellists:

4:20 PMCase study: Adapting programs with Aboriginal leadership and shared authorship improve family safety outcomes

Embedding cultural governance and Elders’ leadership as drivers of safe implementation
Keeping women and children at the centre of behaviour change interventions
Building partnerships between Aboriginal-led organisations and non-Aboriginal led services
Lessons for practitioners, service systems and governments seeking to implement culturally responsive family violence interventions

schedule details

Event Agenda

AM Plenary: Rethinking systems to strengthen harm reduction

Facilitators:

Rachel Adams

Cassi Strauss

12:00 PM Networking luncheon

7:00 AM Registration opens

8:40 AM Welcome to Country

8:50 AM Opening remarks from the Chair

Rethinking systems to strengthen harm reduction

Moderator:

Regan Mitchell

Panellists:

Helen Westbury

Amanda Lambden

10:20 AM Morning refreshments

Chair:

Kristel Krella

Helen Westbury

Jasmine Yunupingu

Craig Rigney

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

Taylah Peters

Vimbai Mutero

Ojisi Charlie

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Reducing gender-based violence

Panellists:

Cindy Torrens

Vimbai Mutero

Dean Widders

4:50 PM Healing circle

5:00 PM Closing remarks from the Chair and end of day one

Chair:

Jess Barnes

Terese Edwards

Lucy Gregory

Moderator:

Angela Lynch

Panellist:

Dr Rachael Burgin

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

Di Macleod

Facilitators:

Rachel Adams

Cassi Strauss

Lucy Gregory

Sarah Cooper

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Reducing gender-based violence

Panellists:

Cindy Torrens

Vimbai Mutero

Dean Widders

4:50 PM Healing circle

5:00 PM Closing remarks from the Chair and end of day one

8:00 AM Registration opens

8:50 AM Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair

Developing coordinated, systems-wide responses to family violence and sexual abuse

Julia Wormer

10:20 AM Morning refreshments

Chair:

Kristel Krella

Amanda Sweeney

Stephen Morris

Aaron More

Dr Alison Evans

Panellists:

12:50 PM Networking luncheon

Panellists:

Claire Yeatman

Tania Potts

Sharelle Tulloh

3:10 PM Afternoon refreshments

Developing coordinated, systems-wide responses to family violence and sexual abuse

Panellists:

Lauren Codd

Ojisi Charlie

Co-presenters:

8:50 AM Opening remarks from the Chair 