FNAAFV's work means representing the FVPLS sector to government, contributing to inquiries and submissions, and ensuring policy and funding settings reflect the realities of community-controlled practice. We translate frontline experience into structural reform, partnering with government to align its existing commitments with the specialist services through which prevention, justice, and safety are actually delivered.

Our priorities, set out in our Policy Positions 2026 document, span four interdependent pillars:

• First, a dedicated, recurrent prevention and early intervention funding stream, clearly separated from crisis legal assistance, so services can interrupt harm rather than only respond to it.
• Second, infrastructure and capital works as safety architecture, recognising that fit-for-purpose, culturally appropriate spaces are a foundational enabler of DFSV prevention.
• Third, a secure, specialist workforce, addressing the shortages, burnout and turnover that are most acute in rural, regional and remote communities.
• Fourth, geographic expansion aligned to unmet-need analysis, so coverage gaps no longer force women to travel hundreds of kilometres for support.

We also advocate for Indigenous Data Sovereignty, culturally appropriate reporting frameworks, and for the Leaving Violence Program to be administered through FVPLSs as trusted, community-embedded services.