For advice on these issues, contact your local Community Legal Centre or Women's Legal Service
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Below you will find a list of all the links that have been categorised as “Protection Orders”
What to do when you move out because of family or domestic violence
Phone: 1800 682 468
Web Address: http://girlsgottaknow.com.au/housing/leases/family-and-domestic-violence-and-leases/
Link Owner: Girls gotta know
Also in: Housing , Restraining Orders
Family violence isn’t just hitting. The Family Violence Act (Tas) 2004 defines family violence as any of the following types of conduct committed by a person directly or indirectly, against that persons spouse or partner: assault, including sexual assault; threats, coercion intimidation or verbal abuse; abduction; stalking; economic abuse; and emotional abuse or intimidation.
Organisation Address: 166 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia
Phone: (03) 6223 2500
Web Address: https://www.hobartlegal.org.au/handbook/crime-and-punishment/family-violence/what-is-family-violence/
Link Owner: Hobart Community Legal Service Inc
Also in: Domestic Violence
SHE is a not for profit, state wide Tasmanian organisation that supports people affected by family violence. We work to end family violence and all violence against women.
Phone: (03) 6278 9090
Web Address: http://www.she.org.au/
Link Owner: Support Help Empowerment (SHE)
Also in: Counselling and support , Domestic Violence , Family & Relationships , Restraining Orders , Support services
DHHS Family Violence Counselling and Support Service offers professional and specialised services to assist children, young people and adults affected by family violence. This service is part of the Safe at Home initiative; a Tasmanian whole of government response to family violence.
Phone: 1300 135 513
Web Address: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/service_information/services_files/family_violence_counselling_and_support_service
Link Owner: Tasmanian Government
Also in: Counselling and support , Domestic Violence , Restraining Orders , Separation and Divorce , Support services
In cases of family or domestic violence, the police or the court can issue orders that may restrict contact between people or impose conditions on their behaviour.
Phone: 1800 682 468
Link Owner: Girls gotta know
Family violence, also known as domestic violence, occurs when one partner in an existing, or former, intimate relationship tries to dominate and control the other (Tasmanian Government’s Safe at Home program).
Phone: 1800 682 468
Web Address: http://womenslegaltas.org.au/wordy/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Family-Violence-Orders.pdf
Link Owner: Women's Legal Service Tasmania
