Submissions and Briefings
Submissions and Briefings by the National Council of Women of Victoria
Standing Committee Coordinator: Robyn Byrne OAM
The Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee’s final report, Building the evidence base: Inquiry into capturing data on people using family violence in Victoria, has been released. This follows an extensive consultation with organisations, authorities and experts in the sector. They have made 61 recommendations and 71 findings. See full report here.
NCWV made a submission on this matter. The final report is very professional and far reaching and the findings and recommendations on the collection and analysis of data may well have impacts for Victoria as well as other states in Australia. See our submission (No. 23)
The report identifies key challenges in the current system, including fragmented and inconsistent datasets, limited understanding of people involved with family violence, and barriers to effective data sharing. It recommends a holistic and systemic approach to data collection, including:
Establishing a whole-of-system family violence oversight and continuous improvement mechanism
Creating a system-wide process to correct misidentification
Expanding data capture to include a broader cross-section of people involved in family violence, including those not engaged with services
Supporting a national population-based survey and qualitative, longitudinal, and multi-method research to address gaps in understanding perpetration trends, risk factors, and intervention outcomes.
The Committee also highlighted the importance of addressing specific areas such as elder abuse and the distinct needs of children and young people who experience or use family violence. These recommendations aim to refine data systems and improve service responses to better support these groups.
2021 Briefing - Aged Care: Where to next? Is there the Political Will to Fix the System?
2021 Briefing - Three-year-old kindergarten and four-year-old kindergarten should be free
2020 Briefing - COVID-19: The relationship with the environment
2020 Briefing - COVID-19: Women in Lockdown - Inequality and Domestic Violence
2020 Briefing - COVID-19 Mental Health
2020 Briefing - COVID Highlights Gender Pay Gap in the Nursing Profession
2019 Submission to the Royal Commission Aged Care Quality and Safety
2019: Mental Health Submission to the Victoria Royal Commission
2017: Electoral Matters Committee_ LWVV & NCWV_ Submission_1308.