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Project Leader	Senior Writer & Researcher	Website Designer
Professor Heather Douglas Melbourne Law School The University of Melbourne	Kate Chapple 2015-17, 2019 Hannah Ehler 2020-23	Stephen Meadowcroft 2015-19, 2021-23 Dean Wilson 2020

Funding Partners
The Attorney-General’s Department, (Commonwealth) co-funds this Bench Book with states and territories.	Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, in particular Professor Greg Reinhardt and Alison MacDonald

Research Assistants (2015–2023)
Hannah Anderson Lyndal Bubke Marissa Carroll Samara Cassar Jessica Downing-Ide Emma Fell Renita Fernadez Freya Hallahan Sophie Hondros Balawyn Jones	Isabelle Keen Sarah Kendall Deylan Kilic-Aidani Rebekkah Markey-Towler Ciara Lavender Elissa Morcombe Jennifer Ngo Manasa Pappu Sophie Philip Imogen Reithmuller	Emily Rudz Louise Scarce Dr Gabrielle Simm Madeleine Skeen India Taylor Kate Thomas Daniel Trigger Juliet Walker Gareth Ward Jasmine Zamprogno

Advisory Committee (2015–2017)
Assistant Commissioner Lammers, Australian Federal Police, ACT. Victor Martin and Megan Sparke, ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate Station Sergeant Joanne Cameron, ACT Police Caroline Poulton, Legal Policy Officer to Victims of Crime Commissioner, ACT Meredith Day Deputy Chief Executive Officer Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, Northern Territory Dr Rae Kaspiew, Dr Rachel Carson and Kelly Hand Australian Institute of Family Studies.	Dr Heather Nancarrow and Dr Mayet Costello, Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) Yasmin Gunn - Queensland Courts /Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General. Sgt Sherril Handley, Victoria Police (Prosecutions Division, Legal Services Department) Mandy Angus, Victoria Department of Justice and Regulation Attorney Generals Department, Victoria, Senior Legal Policy Officer, Criminal Law Policy Criminal Justice Division Detective Sergeant Rebecca Davis, Safe Families Coordination Unit, Tasmania Police	Susannah O'Reilly, Domestic Violence Specialist Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW Matthew Weatherson, Judicial College of Victoria, Victoria Nathan Goetz, Department of Justice and Regulation Lisa Eldridge, Magistrates' Court of Victoria Megan Andison, Magistrates' Court of Victoria Jennifer Hoffman, Commissioner for Victims of Crime Western Australia Detective Inspector Sue Young Western Australian Police Wendy Kayler-Thomson, Chair of Family Law Section of Law Council of Australia

Judicial Reference Group (2015-2019)
Family Court of Australia: Justice Hilary Hannam Federal Circuit Court of Australia: Judge Joe Harman Northern Territory: Local Court Chief Judge Elizabeth Morris Local Court Judge Sarah McNamara	NSW: Deputy Chief Magistrate Jane Mottley Queensland: Deputy Chief Magistrate Leanne O’Shea South Australia: Magistrate Jay McGrath, Magistrate Lynette Duncan	Tasmania: Magistrate Simon Brown Victoria: Ms Cathy Lamble, Former Magistrate of Victoria, Magistrate Francis Zemljak Western Australia: Magistrate Deen Potter

AIJA Advisory Committee for Consultation Project (2021-2022)
AIHA’s expertise on the NDFVBB has been informed by the AIJA’s Advisory Committee for Consultation Project (2021-2022), which included:
Justice Murray Aldridge, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Division 1 Justice Judy Ryan, Family Court of Australia (ret.)	Justice Helen Wood, Supreme Court of Tasmania Magistrate Pauline Spencer, Magistrates Court of Victoria

Thanks also to all judicial officer and stakeholder confidential contributors to the research informing the NDFVBB coercive control report.

The development of materials benefits from the ongoing input of a wide range of people, as necessary. Particular thanks to date to:
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) Associate Professor Lee Aitken, formerly The University of Queensland Matilda Alexander Lara Anstie, Clairs Keeley, Perth Kerryne Barwick Susan Beattie, Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Unit, Qld Dept of Justice and Attorney-General Laura Berta, Dept of Attorney-General and Justice, NT Lauren Boyer, Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia Dr Jacoba Brasch QC Deputy Magistrate Felicity Broughton (Magistrates Court Victoria) The Honourable Diana Bryant AO QC, Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Anna Butler Deborah Byrne, Brain Injury Association of Tasmania Grazia Catalano Caxton Legal Service David Ceccon Margaret Chandler Catherine Clemow, SA Magistrates Court Associate Jordan Cotter, Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Unit, Qld Dept of Justice and Attorney-General Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz, Griffith University Jessica Evans, Special Advisor, WA Attorney-General Federal Circuit Court of Australia Dr Caitlin Goss, The University of Queensland Professor David Hamer, University of Sydney	Associate Professor Bridget Harris, Monash University Sarah Holloway Louise Hunter, Lander & Rogers, Melbourne Judge Eugene Hyman, Former judge Superior Court of Santa Clara County Immigrant Women’s Support Service Rhona James-French His Honour Marshall Irwin, Former Judge of the District Court of Queensland. Sue Lloyd Yasmin Kennedy Andrix Lim, formerly Judicial College of Victoria Angela Lynch, AM, Former President and CEO, Womens’ Legal Service Queensland Maryanne May The Honourable Michelle May AM, Former Judge of the Family Court of Australia Kathryn McMillan QC Dana McMullen, Legal Aid New South Wales Principal Registrar David Monaghan, Family Court of Western Australia Paul Monsour Kate Morrison, former Associate to The Honourable Justice Peter Murphy Dr Heather Nancarrow, former CEO Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). Dr Linda Neilson James O’Hara, Former Associate to Justice S. Hall, Supreme Court WA Lisa O’Neill Queensland Accessing Interpreters Working Group Zoe Rathus AM Griffith University Chloe Rattray, Lander & Rogers, Melbourne	Dr Leonie Tanzcer, University College London Jane Reynolds, Family Court of Australia & Federal Circuit Court of Australia Anne Marie Rice Greta Robenstone, University of Melbourne Nicola Ross Margie Rowe, Family Violence Team Leader, Legal Aid ACT Associate Professor Michael Salter, University of New South Wales Magistrate Colin Strofield, formerly at the Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Court, Southport, Qld Associate Professor Leonie Tanczer, UCL Associate Professor Stella Tarrant, University of Western Australia Annabel Taylor David Tedhams, Senior Research Manager, Judicial College of Victoria Former Chief Judge Family Court of Western Australia, Stephen Thackray Madeleine Thompson, SA Magistrates Court Associate Rodney Vlais Megan Ward, Family Violence Judicial Support Officer, Magistrates’ Court of Victoria Matthew Weatherson, Judicial Information Advisor, Judicial College of Victoria Michelle Weaver, Magistrates Court Service, Qld Dept of Justice and Attorney-General Yvonne Whittaker-Rush Agata Wierzbowski Women’s Law Centre Western Australia Women's Legal Services Australia Women’s Legal Service (Brisbane)

Victim experiences

Most of the victim experiences were prepared with assistance from an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship [Heather Douglas: FT 140100796]. We thank those who participated for their willingness to share their stories. The remaining victim experiences are based on case studies provided by Caxton Legal Service and Legal Aid (NSW).

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Victim experiences

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