VOCAT Reform Legislated
The Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Bill 2022 will see the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT) replaced with an administrative Financial Assistance Scheme that is built around the needs of victims and aims to minimise trauma.
Launch of Telephone and Online Support for Court Users
Court Network will provide services in person, remotely and via telephone helpline across all stages in which court users engage with court processes.
MARAM Training: Mental Health and AOD Sectors
MARAM Brief & Intermediate training is now available for workers in Mental Health and AOD sectors.
Family Violence Memorial Unveiled
A Family Violence Memorial has been unveiled at St Andrews Place, Melbourne to honour the lives of those lost to family violence.
Technology Investment to Keep Women Safe
The federal government announced a $104 million technology-focused package to prevent family violence including a $20 million fund for states and territories to trial electronic monitoring of high-risk...
Implementation of the MARAM Framework 2020-21 Report
The third annual report on the implementation of the Family Violence Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) 2020-21, was tabled in Parliament on 10th February 2022. In the past year, work...
First-Ever Family Violence Research Agenda Released
Victoria’s first-ever Family Violence Research Agenda 2021-2024 will build on what is already working and focus efforts on research activities that fill gaps in evidence base across prevention, early intervention and response.
Amplifying the Voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and Girls
The Federal Government will invest $2.8 million over three years to deliver the final stage of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women's Voices) project. This will include a national summit chaired by Aboriginal...
Development of MARAM Training – Working with Perpetrators of Family Violence
FSV has engaged Swinburne University of Technology and Uniting Vic/Tas and Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) to undertake the development of MARAM training for working with adults using family violence.
Funding Boost for Aboriginal Family Violence Services
The Victorian Government has announced it will provide a further $4 million in funding from the Dhelk Dja Family Violence Fund to deliver Aboriginal-led family violence prevention and response initiatives.
