Tuesday, 31 March 2026
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Ministers statements: family violence
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Ministers statements: family violence
Ingrid STITT (Western Metropolitan – Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Prevention of Family Violence) (12:26): It has now been 10 years since the Royal Commission into Family Violence. The commission exposed the scale and severity of violence experienced by women and children and called for fundamental reform. A decade on, Victoria has led the nation in delivering lasting change. We have built a system that is more connected, accountable and focused on victim-survivor safety. The Orange Door network has transformed access to support, providing a single entry point for people experiencing violence, those using violence and families needing support with children’s care and wellbeing. Since 2018 it has supported more than 645,000 Victorians through a network of more than 70 sites and access points across the state. We have also gazetted 15 specialist family violence courts, and we have strengthened perpetrator accountability and focused on risk assessment through initiatives like the multi-agency risk assessment and management (MARAM), the central information point and specialist responses targeting high-risk offenders. We have invested in prevention through Respect Victoria, such as our Respect Ballarat saturation model, because stopping violence before it starts is critical. But we are not pretending that the job is done. There is more to do, particularly as new challenges emerge. That is why we continue to adapt, tackling harmful attitudes, strengthening prevention, supporting our diverse communities and refining laws and services, including for things such as coercive control. As we head into Easter, we know that risks can increase, but our reforms mean that support remains available when it is needed most. Our commitment remains clear: to build a Victoria where everyone is safe and where violence against women and children in whatever form it takes is never tolerated.