Betty Taylor (community advocate)

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

Taylor is the founder and currently chief executive officer of the Red Rose Foundation which campaigned for and achieved the establishment of a Domestic Violence Review Board in Queensland and the introduction of a new offence for non-lethal strangulation.

[12] In 2004, Taylor conducted a study tour of the United States and Canada where she researched domestic violence death review boards.

[13] 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.

[15][16][17] 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".