DV Qld: $360m package to roll out report recommendations
The state’s domestic violence board has found “systemic failures” that need to be addressed to lessen the likelihood of domestic and family violence deaths.
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The State Government has accepted every recommendation made by the state’s Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board in a bid to prevent and reduce the likelihood of deaths in Queensland.
The board, in its 2020-21 annual report, noted its recommendations had been informed by issues identified while reviewing cases, but also the board’s collective knowledge and understanding of the “systemic failures” that have been identified during the past five years since its establishment.
The six recommendations included designing a model for a domestic and family violence peak body in Queensland and exploring triaging and case management for cases before the court to identify those that were complex, high-risk or that involved cross applications for protection orders.
Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said yesterday the Government was committed to ending violence against women and girls.
And she said there was a strong alignment between the board’s recommendations and some of the 89 recommendations made by the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce in its first report.
“Our top priority is the safety of women and girls, and holding perpetrators to account,” Ms Fentiman said.
“That’s why we are implementing all of the recommendations of the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce’s first report, and to undertake this crucial work we have committed a historic $363 million reform package.
“As a result of the alignment with taskforce recommendations, five of the six board recommendations will be completed through the implementation of the taskforce recommendations.
“The other recommendation outlines the need for improvements to the support given to families, particularly children who have been impacted by a DFV death.
“We will be undertaking targeted consultation with services who support victims of homicide and DFV, as well as people with lived experience to shape how we can improve our response to loved ones of DFV homicide victims.”
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