Domestic violence: Factsheets

These printable and informative resources relate to domestic and family violence. They are in a PDF or Word Doc format.

Family and Community Services

All domestic and family violence factsheets from FACS

General factsheets

• Domestic violence and your safety
• Domestic Violence is an abuse of human rights

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

• Our dream: Stopping the violence -- An information booklet for Aboriginal women on domestic violence and the law in NSW.
• Break the silence, stop the violence -- a booklet with advice about domestic and family violence and help at court

Court and legal

• The law and Domestic Violence
• Preparing for Court
• Your rights as a victim of crime
• Family law, children and domestic violence
• Women and family law
• Living without violence toolkit
• Legal Aid's list of factsheets and resources

Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme

• DVDS postcard 1

LGBTQI

• Another Closet: LBGTIQ Domestic and Family Violence
• The Inner City Legal Centre has a list of informative fact sheets for those in LGBTQI relationships

Safety planning

• Safety planning factsheet
• Domestic violence and your safety

Sexual assault

• Your rights and the law

Technology

• Women's technology safety

Translated into different languages

Advice about domestic violence and help at court

Legal Aid funds a Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service. So you want the violence to stop: Advice about domestic violence and help at court is a brochure that outlines how this program assists women to apply for an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) and how women can stop the cycle of abuse. It is available for download in the following languages:

• Arabic – العربية
• Chinese (Simplified) – 简体中文
• Chinese (Traditional) – 中文
• Dari/Farsi – دری
• Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia
• Korean – 한국어
• Spanish – Español
• Filipino - Tagalog
• Thai – ไทย
• Turkish – Türkçe
• Vietnamese – Việt Ngữ

Are you applying for an AVO?

Courts can make orders to protect you from a person who has been violent towards you. The Are you applying for an AVO? brochure explains how you can get an order and what happens in court. Available for download in the following languages:

• Arabic – العربية
• Chinese (Simplified) – 简体中文
• Vietnamese – Việt Ngữ

Is someone making an AVO against you?

Courts can issue an order against you if another person claims you have been violent towards them. This brochure explains when the court can make an order and what you can do.

Available for download in the following languages:

• Arabic – العربية
• Chinese (Traditional) – 中文
• Korean – 한국어
• Spanish – Español
• Turkish – Türkçe
• Vietnamese – Việt Ngữ

Legal issues for seniors

This Legal Aid brochure explains what you can do if you are an older person who is experiencing violence or abuse from a partner, another family member or other person who lives in your home or residential facility, or a neighbour or carer. Available for download in the following languages:

• Arabic – العربية
• Chinese – 简体中文
• Greek – Ελληνικά
• Italian - Italiano
• Vietnamese – Việt Ngữ

NSW Police domestic and family violence factsheet

NSW Police Domestic and Family Violence Fact Sheet has information about what is and what can be done. It is available for download in the following languages:

• Arabic – العربية
• Chinese (Simplified) – 简体中文
• Chinese (Traditional) – 中文
• Croatian – Hrvatski
• Dari – دری
• Farsi – فارسی
• Filipino
• Greek – Ελληνικά
• Hindi – हिंदी
• Italian – Italiano
• Korean – 한국어
• Spanish - Espanol
• Tamil – தமிழ்
• Turkish – Türkçe
• Vietnamese – Việt Ngữ

Staying Home Leaving Violence

Staying Home Leaving Violence is a free NSW service that provides the support you need, for as long as you need, to stop violence in your home and prevent it in the future.

The Staying Home Leaving Violence Fact Sheet is available for download in the following languages:

• Staying Home Leaving Violence- Arabic – العربية
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Assyrian
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Chinese – 简体中文
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Croatian – Hrvatski
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Dari – دری
• Staying Home Leaving Violence-  Greek – Ελληνικά
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Hindi
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Italian – Italiano
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Kiswahili
• Staying Home Leaving Violence- Korean – 한국어
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Macedonian – македонски јазик
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Persian – فارسی
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Russian – Русский язык
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Serbian – Српски
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Somali – Afsoomaali
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Spanish – Español
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Thai – ไทย
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Tongan – lea faka-Tonga
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Turkish – Türkçe
• Staying Home Leaving Violence - Vietnamese – Việt Ngữ

Women in NSW

• Women in NSW report