This service provides a safe house for women and children escaping family and domestic violence. Koolkuna provides safe, supported, short term accommodation as well as practical and emotional support.
Monday to Friday: 8.00am - 8.30pm Saturday and Sunday: 10.00am - 4.30pm
(08 ) 9255 2202
admin@koolkuna.org.au
Undisclosed address
Refuges
Perth Metropolitan North East, Metropolitan Perth
Women experiencing family and domestic violence with children. Please contact the service directly or the Women's DV Helpline: 1800 007 339, or Crisis care: 1800 199 008.
This service provides a safe house for women and children escaping family and domestic violence. Koolkuna provides safe, supported, short term accommodation as well as practical and emotional support.
Refuges
Perth Metropolitan North East, Metropolitan Perth
Women experiencing family and domestic violence with children. Please contact the service directly or the Women's DV Helpline: 1800 007 339, or Crisis care: 1800 199 008.
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Sarah Brown AM is the Chief Executive Officer of Purple House and has been helping the Indigenous Directors to run the organisation since its inception more than twenty three years ago.
Sarah holds a Master of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management. Prior to joining Purple House, she was a remote area nurse and university lecturer.
Sarah has been recognised in many ways for the work she does, being named Hesta’s Australia’s Nurse of the Year in 2017, being listed as one of BOSS magazine’s ‘True Leaders’ in 2018, and in 2020 Sarah received an Order of Australia Medal for “her significant service to community health, remote nursing and Indigenous communities”.
Professor Louise Keogh is a leading voice across women’s health and reproductive rights in Australia. Louise is Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Equity and Chair of the Hallmark Research Initiative in Reproductive Justice at the University of Melbourne.
Louise’s work explores issues that matter deeply to women, and includes the decriminalisation of abortion, contraception, voluntary assisted dying and the growing role of genetics in cancer prevention. Her work aims to make healthcare more equitable, accessible, and responsive to women’s needs.
Louise works with clinicians, policymakers, and communities to translate research into practical change in healthcare practice and policy. She is passionate about fostering open, thoughtful conversations about women’s health, particularly where ethics, rights and emerging technologies intersect.
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