'The National Mediation Conference 2019 was held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra between the 15th and 17th of April. This year, CAEPR funded Desmond Campbell, a Ngalakan descendant of South East Arnhem Land and the Executive Officer from the Northern Territory Department of the Attorney-General and Justice and former Program Manager of the Corrections Family Violence Program, as a Visiting Indigenous Fellow, to attend and co-present with CAEPR PhD student Chay Brown. On the 17th of April, Desmond and Chay presented on the need and opportunity for community Indigenous-led approaches to mediation with a focus on domestic and family violence. Desmond and Chay also spoke about mediation through an Indigenous lens and the need for mediators to be cognizant of the additional barriers particularly facing Indigenous women when engaging with the Family Law Court system.

On April 18th, Chay Brown then presented to staff of the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet some preliminary findings and preliminary principles of good practice from the research project 'Good practice in Indigenous-led interventions to prevent violence against women'. The presentation also outlined some of the challenges people and programs face when they are living and working in the Northern Territory, which can inhibit program success. This presentation was given in the hope of sharing local knowledge but also building an understanding of the complex nature of addressing violence against women in the Northern Territory - and what can be done to aid the efforts of grassroots community-driven solutions.'