Health settings could enable earlier engagement with people who use violence. By focussing on motivation for change, GPs and mental health practitioners have great potential to build conversations around behaviours in relationships and encourage people who use violence to seek help. But the health system needs to be resourced to train and support practitioners to do this.

Read more from Kelsey Hegarty in The Conversation.

Another cohort of our WEAVERs members have had their first experience embedding lived expertise into the teaching of medical students, helping them learn to identify, engage, and assist victim-survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence.

We look forward to expanding this important initiative to nurse practitioner, dental, and social work students.

Pictured: Staff and WEAVER members from Safer Families.