In this section, we explain how you can get legal support for domestic and family violence.

Some people can face more challenges than others when they use the justice system.

For example:

• people with disability
• gender diverse people.

  A gender diverse person is someone:

  • who feels like they do not fit the idea of being a man or a woman
  • whose gender given to them when they were born does not match the gender they are.

We also talk about:

• prisons and courts in Australia
• child protection.

  Child protection helps children stay safe.

  The government runs child protection.

  Child protection can decide if a child:

  • is not safe in their home
  • must live with someone else.

We also talk about protection orders.