Lucy’s Project launched the National Roadmap on 19 August 2026 at Australian Parliament House.
Lucy’s Project co-hosted the launch with the Parliamentary Friends of Ending Violence against Women and Children, co-chaired by:
- Senator Larissa Waters
- Kara Cook MP
- Senator Maria Kovacic
- Senator David Pocock, and
- Senator Mehreen Faruqi
Speakers included:
- Aunty Serena Williams, Ngunnawal-Wiradjuri Elder
- Hon Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence
- Micaela Cronin, Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner
- Talie Star, Systems Change Advisor, Trauma Informed Trainer and Creative
- Anna Ludvik, Founder of Lucy’s Project
- Monique Dam, CEO of Lucy’s Project
The National Roadmap for Change is informed by recommendations from the National Roundtable convened by Lucy’s Project in 2025. The Roundtable brought together over 100 participants including people with lived experience, practitioners, advocates, researchers and policy makers.
Many of the Roundtable recommendations align to initiatives that have been implemented in Aotearoa New Zealand and the USA. Earlier this year, Lucy’s Project’s CEO undertook a Churchill Fellowship to learn more about these initiatives and the fellowship findings also informed the National Roadmap.
This launch brought together partners from across the family, domestic and sexual violence, animal welfare, veterinary, legal and research sectors who have contributed to the development of this important national reform agenda, as well as parliamentarians and policy makers.
Lucy’s Project greatly appreciates the support of the Petstock Foundation, our Major Partner, which enables us to lead change to improve the safety and wellbeing of people and animals across Australia
