Action description:
Enhance women and children's safety by supporting a nationally coordinated approach to education and training for family, domestic and sexual violence frontline workers, family law practitioners, the judiciary and the justice sector more broadly. Continue funding to maintain the National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book and delivery of Family Violence in the Court Training (FViCT) Program.
Outcome:
Outcome 13
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
No
Indicators:
Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women self reporting physical violence experience by relationship to perpetrator, Rate of community attitudinal support (acceptance) of violence against women and children (justifying/ excusing/ minimising/ hiding or shifting blame for family violence)
Responsible Ministers:
Attorney-General
Resourcing:
A total of $380,000 over five years from 2022-23
Delivery timeframe:
Current funding for Bench Book and FViCT funding ceases 30 June 2026
Agency:
Attorney-General's Department