Thursday, 7 April 2022

Hawthorn electorate

Mr KENNEDY (Hawthorn) (14:50): (6323) My question is for the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence. How has the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Family Violence impacted my electorate of Hawthorn? All of us in this chamber know of our government’s firm commitment to implementing every single recommendation stemming from this royal commission. It was recently the sixth anniversary of the historic final report, and I think it is important to recognise the progress we have made but to always remember how we still have some way to go. In 2020–21, 93 440 family violence incidents were reported, while just 76 000 were reported in 2017–18. Whilst it is a positive development that more victims are reporting family violence, this increase shows the sheer magnitude and pervasiveness of this issue.