NIFVS partners called by Royal Commission as expert witnesses

Expert witnesses from organisations in the northern metropolitan region have presented at the Royal Commission into Family Violence public hearings.Northern Area Mental Health, Berry Street’s Northern Family and Domestic Violence Service and Women’s Information, Support and Housing in the North (WISHIN) presented about mental health, children and housing, respectively.

The role of the public hearings is to explore the range of ways in which people experience family violence, and the laws, policies, practices and services that have been implemented to respond to and prevent family violence.

The hearings are live streamed on the Commission website and transcripts of the hearings are also available online.