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Lucy’s Project Conference 2024

2024 Online Conference

Wednesday 16th October – Thursday 17th October 

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.
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2024 Conference Program

Time

Topic

Speakers

10.00AM

Welcome 

Monique Dam, Lucy’s Project

10.05AM

Acknowledgement of Country

Monique Dam, Lucy’s Project

10.10AM

How is the safety and wellbeing of people and animals interconnected?

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

10.30AM

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 Institute of Family Studies

11.00AM

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

12.00PM

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

Kristin Diemer, Melbourne University

12.30PM

Lunch

 

1.00PM

How can domestic and family violence services become animal inclusive and what are the benefits for women, children and animals?

Billie-Jo Williams, Ngarrunga Refuge and Link Wentworth

Maria Losurdo – The Women’s Cottage

1.30PM

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

2.00PM

Screening of the documentary ‘Refuge: A Duty to Care’

Annie Goldson ONZM, University of Auckland

Alex Reed, Bloom Pictures

Erin Roberts, Pet Refuge NZ

3.00PM

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

Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Senator for NSW, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens

The Hon. Ron Hoenig MP, Minister for Local Government, Member of the Australian Labor Party

Dr Hannah Tonkin, NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner

3.30PM

Wrap Up

Monique Dam, Lucy’s Project

Time

Topic

Speakers

10.00AM

Welcome 

Monique Dam, Lucy’s Project

10.05AM

Acknowledgement of Country

Monique Dam, Lucy’s Project

10.10AM

“Protecting woman’s best friend” – The impact of pet protection orders in the USA

Phil Arkow, National Link Coalition USA

10.40AM

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

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

The Hon. Madeleine Ogilvie, Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence, Member of the Tasmanian Liberals

Cindy McLeish, Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Member of the Victorian Liberal Party 

Micaela Cronin, Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner

11.00AM

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

12.00PM

How can we recognise animals as victim-survivors in their own right?

Jane Kotzmann, Deakin University

Morgan Stonebridge, Deakin University

12.30PM

Lunch

 

1.00PM

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

Kathryn Jurd, RSPCA NSW

Ingrid Reilly, NSW Police Force

Demi Kuiters – Crime & Intelligence Command, Queensland Police Service

2.00PM

Rurality, domestic and family violence, and animal cruelty: A study of practitioner perspectives.

Bridget Harris, Monash University

Chloe Keel, Griffith University

Anna Eriksson, Monash University

2.30PM

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

Jasmine Montgomery, James Cook University

Felicity White, Illawarra Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre

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

Megan Nutbean, Lort Smith Animal Hospital

3.30PM

Wrap Up

Monique Dam, Lucy’s Project

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