Lucy's Project 2024 Conference

Learn from leading Australian and international researchers and practitioners about:

• Emerging and better practice in supporting people and animals experiencing domestic and family violence.
• Different ways that human and animal services and law enforcement can support and protect people and animals.
• How the safety of people and animals is interconnected and why it's important to enable people and animals to heal and recover together.

Check out our confirmed speakers so far below!

How can domestic and family violence services support people and animals to be safe together? 

• Jess Wilson - Safe & Equal VIC
• Angie Piubello - Beryl Women's Refuge 
• Julie Chapman - Pet Refuge NZ
• Shelley Booth - DVNSW

How can animal welfare and veterinary services support animals and people experiencing violence? 

• Jacki Largo - Paws and Recover 
• Jayla Sainty - RSPCA Tasmania
• Alicia Kennedy - Cherished Pets 
• Rochelle Paterson - University of Guelph 

What can we learn from the introduction of animal protection and custody orders across the USA? 

• Phil Arkow - National Link Coalition USA

How can we recognise animals as victim-survivors of domestic and family violence in their own right? 

• Jane Kotzmann - Deakin University
• Morgan Stonebridge - Deakin University

What are the benefits of enabling people and animals to heal and recover from domestic and family violence together? 

• Jasmine Montogomery - James Cook University
• Maree Kerr - Illawarra Women's Trauma Recovery Centre
• Talie Star - Consultant in Trauma, Recovery, Domestic and Family Violence, Homelessness and Disability

How can law enforcement respond to domestic and family violence perpetrated against people and animals concurrently? 

• Associate Professor Bridget Harris - Monash University
• Dr Chloe Keel - Monash University
• Associate Professor Anna Eriksson - Monash University
• Kathryn Jurd - RSPCA NSW 

What is the research telling us about violence against family animals in the context of intimate partner violence?

• Kylie Butler - Australian Institute of Family Studies 
• Jasmine MacDonald - Australian Institiute of Family Studies
  

What are the linkages between animal abuse, domestic violence and sexual offending?

• Kristin Diemer - Melbourne University 

How can we support LGBTQ people and animals experiencing domestic and family violence?

• Damien Riggs - Flinders University
• Nik Taylor - University of Canterbury
• Heather Fraser - Queensland University of Technology 

How is the safety and wellbeing of women, LGBTQ people, children and animals interconnected?

• Talie Star - Consultant in Trauma, Recovery, Domestic and Family Violence, Homelessness and Disability

Screening of the documentary 'Refuge: A Duty to Care'

• Annie Goldson ONZM - University of Auckland
  
• Alex Reed - Bloom Pictures
• Erin Roberts - Pet Refuge NZ

What can governments do to enhance the safety and wellbeing of people and animals experiencing domestic and family violence?

• The Hon. Jodie Harrison MP - Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Member of the Australian Labor Party
• The Hon. Leslie Williams MP - Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Member of the Liberal Party
• The Hon. Emma Hurst MLC - Member of the Animal Justice Party
• Ms Abigail Boyd MLC - Member of the Greens
• Dr Hannah Tonkin - NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner
• The Hon. Justine Elliot MP - Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Member of the Australian Labor Party
• Senator Kerrynne Liddle - Senator for South Australia, Shadow Minister for Child Protection and the Prevention of Family Violence, Member of the Liberal Party of Australia
• Senator Larissa Waters - Senator for Queensland, Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate, Member of the Australian Greens
• Micaela Cronin - Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner