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Call for Submissions: Legislative review of family violence information sharing and risk management

To inform her legislative review of Parts 5A and 11 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor called for submissions from the family violence sector and other stakeholders.

Date:
30 May 2022

The call for submissions ran from 21 June 2022 to 12 September 2022 through Engage Victoria and sought the views of organisations, individual practitioners and advocates on the extent to which the legal provisions have been effective in:

  • facilitating information sharing, and enabling certain organisations to obtain consolidated and up-to-date information from the Central Information Point, for the purposes of establishing, assessing and managing risks of family violence
  • promoting service coordination to maximise the safety of people who have experienced family violence, prevent and reduce family violence to the extent possible, and promote the accountability of perpetrators of family violence for their actions
  • providing a framework for achieving consistency in family violence risk identification, assessment and management.

The call for submissions also sought views on whether there have been any adverse effects associated with the provisions in Part 5A or Part 11 and whether any changes are required to improve the Act’s operation.

The Monitor is extremely grateful for the strong and diverse response and thanks those who shared their insights and experiences.

The analysis of submissions will contribute to the Monitor’s examination of the effectiveness of the legal provisions . A report identifying any areas of the legislation requiring further attention will be provided to the Victorian Government in May 2023 and tabled by August 2023.

Submissions received

In total, 45 submissions were received, consisting of:

  • 6 submissions from individuals
  • 39 submissions from organisations

The sectors represented by individuals/organisations who made submissions is illustrated in the graphs below.

Figure 1: Breakdown of submissions by sector type

Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor - Call for Submissions - 2022

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Figure 2: Breakdown of Victorian areas serviced by submitters

Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor - Call for Submissions 2022

Table 1: List of submissions

Number Submission Details
1
Individual - specialist family violence practitioner 1
PDF 112.97 KB
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2 Individual - community service practitioner
3
Organisation - Early Childhood Australia Victorian Branch
PDF 581.53 KB
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4
Organisation - Berry Street Victoria
PDF 211.79 KB
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5
Organisation - health/community health service
PDF 127.9 KB
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6
Organisation - specialist family violence service
PDF 132.73 KB
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7 Organisation - community service
8 Individual - education practitioner
9
Organisation - education service
PDF 130.55 KB
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10
Individual - Jo Millard
PDF 138.65 KB
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11
Organisation - Relationship Matters Counselling & Mediation
PDF 681.81 KB
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12
Organisation - Primary Care Connect
PDF 322.23 KB
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13
Organisation - Monash Health
PDF 163.92 KB
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14 Organisation - education service
15 Organisation - health/community health service
16
Organisation - No To Violence on behalf of the Specialist Family Violence Advisor capacity building program in mental health and AOD
PDF 840.18 KB
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17
Organisation - other
PDF 140.91 KB
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18
Organisation - Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA)
PDF 309.02 KB
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19
Organisation - GenWest
PDF 138.25 KB
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20
Organisation - Eastern Community Legal Centre
PDF 858.21 KB
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21
Organisation - Merri Health
PDF 216.63 KB
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22
Organisation - Women's Services Network (WESNET)
PDF 247.42 KB
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23
Organisation - legal/mediation service
PDF 125.86 KB
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24
Organisation - Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic)
PDF 234.77 KB
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25
Organisation - Berry Street Take Two Therapeutic Family Violence Services
PDF 224.36 KB
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26
Organisation - No To Violence
PDF 943.19 KB
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27
Organisation - The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre
PDF 641.34 KB
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28 Organisation - specialist family violence service
29 Organisation - peak body
30
Organisation - The Salvation Army
PDF 950.21 KB
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31 Organisation - community service
32
Organisation - Office of the Public Advocate
PDF 295.52 KB
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33
Organisation - Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
PDF 1.92 MB
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34 Organisation - peak body
35
Organisation - Australian Association of Social Workers
PDF 1013.72 KB
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36 Individual - other
37
Organisation - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Victorian Branch)
PDF 316.2 KB
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38
Organisation - Municipal Association of Victoria
PDF 230.93 KB
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39
Organisation - Australian Psychological Society
PDF 321.83 KB
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40
Organisation - Djirra
PDF 818.47 KB
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41
Organisation - inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
PDF 374.43 KB
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42
Organisation - Sue Leake - Elder Abuse Liaison Officer (EALO) on behalf of the EALO’s part of the Integrated Model of Care for Responding to Suspected Elder Abuse (IMoC)
PDF 449.67 KB
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43
Individual - specialist family violence practitioner 2
PDF 134.68 KB
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44
Organisation - Safe and Equal
PDF 2.26 MB
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45 Organisation - community service

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