to a relationship can make an application of disclosure, similar to that of a person at risk application. The third party must be a family member, friend or a professional that has ongoing relationship with the person who may be at risk. Police can disclose the information to the person at risk only, within two weeks of the application, in the presence of a specialist social worker. The third party who has made the application can be present at the disclosure, provided that he or she is invited by the person at risk for whom the application was made. Northern Territory The Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 operates in the Northern Territory (NT). Rates of domestic violence in the NT were the highest in the nation in 2020. There was an increase from 1,635 to 1,815 victims per 100,000 between 2016 and 2017; by contrast, in Western Australia, the second highest, the rate dropped from 725 to 684 in the same period. During the first months of lockdowns brought in during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, DV-related assaults increased by up to 25 per cent in parts of Central Australia, with many of them ascribed to having more people having to stay in the home. However women's shelters in Alice Springs and Tennant Creek were not as much in demand as usual, largely because people were stuck out in community. More horrific injuries were ascribed to greater consumption of alcohol than usual. After submissions by many stakeholders and experts, including the Law Society NT, NT Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) and the NT Women's Legal Service, the Justice Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Bill 2019 was passed on 25 June 2020, making amendments to the Domestic and Family Violence Act, the Bail Act 1982, the Criminal Code, and the Sentencing Act 1995. Three important changes were introduced, the most significant of which was the creation of a new offence of "choking, suffocation and strangulation in a domestic relationship". The others are allowing a tenancy agreement to be terminated without replacement, as part of a DV order; and enabling defendants in domestic violence proceedings to attend rehabilitation programs more easily. The Tangentyere Women's Family Safety Group was co-founded by R Rubuntja, a prominent anti-domestic violence campaigner. Comprising a number of senior women from Alice Springs town camps, the group works to end family violence and "to bring visibility to