Review of Aboriginal-led community-based programs addressing family violence in the Northern Territory

State and territory governments of Australia have a long history of imposing their own approaches and solutions to family violence on Aboriginal peoples and within Aboriginal communities.However, Aboriginal-controlled organisations are increasingly providing intervention programs for various social issues, including family violence and child maltreatment.Using a semisystematic review approach, this paper reviews the outcomes of recent community-wide programs Aboriginal organisations have undertaken in the Northern Territory to address Indigenous-specific family violence.By collating the positive outcomes and factors contributing to success within these programs, this paper identifies the specific ways in which Aboriginal-led organisations are best-placed to address these issues.This paper also documents how governments and non-Indigenous entities have been helpful and/or detrimental to the success of initiatives and suggests the potential benefits to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous families and communities of incorporating core elements of Indigenous-led programs to mainstream approaches seeking to address family violence.In this paper, the terms "Indigenous", "Indigenous Australian", "Aboriginal" and "First Nations" will be used interchangeably to refer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia.