Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission Annual Report 2022–23
April 2024
We edited, proofread and indexed the Annual Report 2022–23 for Australia’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission (the Commission).
The Commission aims to promote and support the objectives of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 and to hold governments accountable. The report describes the Commission’s operations and performance during 2022–23.
This project required us to:
- review templates for uniformity and consistency of headings, styles, and section and page breaks
- develop a comprehensive table of contents and subject index
- review content for language consistency, including spelling, vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, syntax, capitalisation and hyphenation
- eliminate and correct errors
- check structure, graphics, tables and cross referencing for accuracy and consistency.
We needed to work to tight deadlines with the Annual Report Project Manager to make sure the Commission's first annual report met the highest quality standards.
You can find the annual report on the Parliament of Australia website.
Our team of writers, editors and proofreaders are experts at crafting high-quality content that still captures the voice of your organisation. With backgrounds in publishing, marketing, journalism, teaching and linguistics, we are well suited to help any organisation with a diverse range of projects. We have worked extensively with government departments and agencies at federal, state and local levels, as well as with clients in the disability and community sectors.
We are also experts in plain language writing and editing. Plain language, also known as plain English, is a way of presenting information that helps someone understand it the first time they read or hear it.
Using plain language makes good business sense. You’re able to communicate well with your clients and customers and give them what they want – information that is accessible and easy to understand. Readers want an effortless, readable and clear writing style. Plain language is clear language – it is simple and direct, but not simplistic. There are circumstances where complex language is appropriate. However, wherever possible, plain language is preferable.
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