Half of all women in Australia will experience sexual harassment in their lifetime. Trans women and the LGBTIQA+ community also experience high levels of sexual harassment, as well as unique forms of aggression relating to their gender or sexuality, such as ‘outing’ or ‘shaming.
We want women and trans and gender diverse people to feel safe, confident and welcome at night. This is why we’ve launched Project Night Justice, a collection of initiatives to improve night safety in the city, as well as a public sexual violence awareness campaignOpens in new tab in partnership with Crime Stoppers.
In November 2021, we held our first summit on night safety and have taken the findings from this event to create a new awareness campaign and launch a night safety charter for businesses.
Does your business operate after dark?
If your business operates after dark – whether it’s a bar, nightclub, restaurant or theatre – enter your details below to receive a copy of the night safety charter and commit to making the city safer for all Melburnians.
You will also receive a free toolkit, developed with safety experts and local businesses, which provides practical guidelines to improve safety and reporting practices.
Enter details here to receive a copy of our night safety charter and a free toolkit.
Participating venues and businesses
- Asian Beer Cafe
- Cherry Bar
- Colour Club
- Crown Melbourne
- Curate Space
- Daniel's Donuts Flinders Street
- Father’s Office
- Father’s Office Down Town
- Forum Melbourne
- Harbourside Venues Pty Ltd
- Horman Consultant and Network Services
- Life’s Too Short Bar
- Little Lon Distilling Co
- Max Watt’s Melbourne
- MDC Entertainment – Inflation Nightclub
- Melbourne and Olympic Parks
- Music Victoria
- Must Management
- Palermo Restaurant
- Richmond Rowing Club
- Riverslide Skate Park (YMCA)
- Rooftop Bar
- Section 8
- Spice Market / Grandco Hospitality Group
- Storyville
- Tessie Pearl
- The Butterfly Club
- The Carlton Club
- The Drunken Poet
- The Toff in Town
- Union Electric
- William Angliss Institute
- Willows & Wine
- Youth Project
Advisory committee
Project Night Justice is delivered in partnership with Victoria PoliceOpens in new tab, Crime Stoppers VictoriaOpens in new tab, Rape and Domestic Violence Services AustraliaOpens in new tab and the University of MelbourneOpens in new tab – and has been made possible by funding received from the Victorian Government’s Building Safer Communities ProgramOpens in new tab.
