National Child & Family Safety Leadership Summit 2026
Event Overview
The National Child & Family Safety Leadership Summit 2026 brings together leaders and practitioners across sectors to strengthen how Australia responds to child safety and family violence.
This panel focuses on one of the most complex and urgent challenges: coercive control and perpetrator accountability.
Panel 3: Early Intervention & Perpetrator Accountability
Coercive control remains one of the most under-recognised forms of abuse within the justice system, despite being a key driver of family violence.
Recent insights suggest that a significant proportion of domestic violence cases involve patterns of coercive control, yet identification and response remain inconsistent across systems.
This raises an important question:
How can justice, health, community and legal sectors work together to better recognise coercive control, engage perpetrators, and strengthen inclusive pathways for early intervention and lasting change?
What This Panel Will Explore
This session brings together cross-sector perspectives to examine:
- How coercive control is identified and addressed within the justice system
- The role of health and community services in early detection and response
- Strategies to improve perpetrator engagement and accountability
- Opportunities for collaborative, system-wide early intervention
Why Attend
This panel is designed for practitioners and decision-makers who are working directly within, or alongside, systems responding to family violence.
Attending offers:
- Practical insight into what early intervention looks like across different sectors
- A deeper understanding of how systems can work together more effectively
- Space to reflect on current approaches and share perspectives from your own field
This is not just a discussion — it is an opportunity to contribute to shaping more effective responses.
Join the Conversation
22 May 2026
State Reception Centre, Frasers Kings Park, WA
Also available via live online streaming
Register now to be part of this important conversation.