Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia: An investigation of information sharing and enforcement

ANROWS, in consultation with a project advisory group and led by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research as part of the Queensland Government’s in-kind contribution to ANROWS, undertook a detailed analysis of legal provisions pertaining to protection orders across Australian jurisdictions.

The three overarching research questions drawn from the findings for the empirical research were:

1. What are the perceptions of professionals and victims in the enforcement of domestic violence protection orders, including cross-border situations?
2. What do professionals and victims perceive to be the facilitators of and barriers to protection order enforcement within and across borders?
3. What are the perceptions of professionals and victims regarding information-sharing strategies, within and across borders, in the enforcement of protection orders?

The research used a mixed multi-method approach, combining insights from multiple data sets and multiple worldviews, to develop a better understanding of enforcement of protection orders.