Statement from Domestic Violence Victoria in Response to the Outcomes of the Review of Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS)
Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS) is a valued member of Domestic Violence Victoria. EDVOS makes an enormous contribution to assisting survivors of family violence in Melbourne’s eastern metropolitan region. The organisation has consistently demonstrated innovation in specialist family violence service delivery and is held in high regard both inside and outside the family violence sector. While we are disappointed with the news of their performance review, as their peak body,…
More Details >Domestic Violence Victoria Opposes Parliamentary Inquiry into the Family Law System
Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic) strongly states our opposition to the proposed Parliamentary Inquiry into the family law system. Numerous other inquiries, reviews and evidence gathering processes have already told government what reforms are required to improve the family law system as a whole, and most critically for victim-survivors of family violence including children and young people. Mostly recently, the Australian Law Reform Commission’s 18-month review of the family law…
More Details >State Budget 2019/20
Right Focus on Perpetrator Accountability in this Year’s State Budget Every Australian will be acutely aware of the terrible impact that family violence and violence against women more broadly has on our community with the continuing news cycle focus on women murdered at the hands of men. Back in 2016 the Royal Commission into Family Violence recommended building the evidence for perpetrator programs and we’re very pleased to see today’s…
More Details >Response to the sentencing of Borce Ristevski
Firstly Domestic Violence Victoria would like to acknowledge the tragic loss of Karen Ristevski – a mother, daughter, sister and friend – and the pain caused to her family and friends throughout this time of grief alongside a difficult investigation and criminal trial. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts of police and prosecutions in bringing Borce Ristevski to account in the face of evidence limitations and other investigative…
More Details >Peak Bodies Respond to the Second Annual Report from the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, No to Violence, and Domestic Violence Victoria – the statewide peak bodies for integrated family services, specialist family violence services for perpetrators and specialist family violence services for victim-survivors – welcome the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor’s second annual report released today. The peak bodies echo the Monitor’s call for a systemic and coordinated approach to the design and implementation of…
More Details >Joint statement from Domestic Violence Victoria & Domestic Violence NSW in response to the federal government and opposition’s commitment to funding for women’s safety
We welcome the federal government’s record investment in preventing and responding to violence against women. We’re glad the Opposition has also developed policy and funding commitments to this issue and we hope to see continuing bipartisan support for providing much needed resources to end men’s violence against women and the devastating effect it has on too many Australians. We look forward to working with the government on fine tuning the…
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