Betty Taylor

Betty Taylor (born Elizabeth Anne Frost, 1949 in Queensland) is an Australian community advocate and domestic violence prevention campaigner.

Early life and education Taylor graduated in sociology from Monash University in 1997. She began her career as an outreach worker on the Gold Coast, establishing the Gold Coast Domestic Violence Prevention Centre and since then has represented various domestic violence agencies and review boards.

The Red Rose Foundation

As chairperson of the Ministerial Domestic and Family Violence Council, Taylor established the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Week initiative which was eventually extended to an annual month-long campaign.

In 2002, Taylor was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate multi-agency interventions to domestic violence in the United States and Canada. In 2004, Taylor conducted a study tour of the United States and Canada where she researched domestic violence death review boards. Later she played a part in setting up the Domestic Violence Death Review Action Group in Queensland and the Domestic Violence Death Review Board.

In 2017, Taylor was appointed as an independent mediator to lead a reconciliation process for women who were wrongfully sent to the Wolston Park Asylum as "delinquent girls" and the Queensland Government. Following the publication of a report written by Taylor entitled Child Placements by Queensland Government in Adult Mental Health Facilities, which was tabled in state parliament, the women were financially compensated by the Queensland Government.

Taylor was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the community through domestic violence initiatives and organisations".

Positions held

Gold Coast Domestic Violence Prevention Centre, founder Gold Coast Domestic Violence Integrated Response, oversaw the development Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Council, chair for two terms. Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence, board member Queensland Death Review Board, board member Child Death Review Board, board member TAVAN Institute (2008), owner and founding director Child Death Review Panel, member Literature and Evidence Review, consultant Women's Legal Service, Brisbane, board member Red Rose Foundation, CEO and founder

Awards In 2001, Taylor received the Centenary Medal for her significant contribution to domestic violence provision.

In 2002, Taylor was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. Dying To Be Heard, discussion paper on domestic violence and death, 2008 Dying to Be Heard, media kit, 2009 Literature and Evidence Review of Women's Services in Queensland (info required) Domestic violence and the workplace : training manual / developed for the Office of Status of Women The Duluth Model, what it is and is not: Clarifying and correcting common misconceptions