High-profile First Nations figures Shelley Ware and Scott Prince have joined forces to help end violence against women; encouraging Indigenous Australians to have conversations around respect as part of the Stop it at the Start campaign.


With 1 in 6 women, and 1 in 25 men experiencing at least one sexual assault by the time they are 15 years, Shelley and Scott are calling on their family, friends, community and mob to have a yarn with young people in their lives, and join the pledge, to ‘Bring Up Respect. Their involvement is part of the fourth phase of the Federal Government’s Stop it at the Start campaign, which aims to help break the cycle of violence by encouraging adults to reflect on their attitudes and have conversations about respect with young people.

Shelley is the highly respected TV presenter and commentator, regularly appearing on Broad Radio, and was part of the ground-breaking NITV football program Marngrook. She has had conversations around respect with her son from a young age, and has seen the full effects of domestic violence.