NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and
Research (BOCSAR), October 2008 to September 2018, Assault -
domestic violence related, Clarence Valley Local Government Area
Statistically
significant Upward trend over the 120 month period. The average annual
percentage change was: 4.6%
Women’s Domestic Violence Court
Advocacy Service NSW Inc.
(WDVCAS NSW), media
release, excerpt, 19 June 2019:
'We care about women who
have experienced domestic and family violence and their access to justice. Our
work saves lives every day,’ says Renata Field, Director of WDVCAS NSW, the
peak body representing the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services.
‘One of the Premier’s Priorities notes that “Domestic Violence has no place in
our society”, yet the 2018 NSW budget has given us no additional funding to
support the more than 43,000 women we work with each year.’
Domestic violence
services are vastly underfunded in NSW compared to other Australian
jurisdictions[1]. WDVCAS services have experienced a
104% increase in clients in the last 5 years, with only a 18.5% funding
increase. The NSW Domestic Violence Death Review Team Annual Report of 2017
highlights the need for additional supports for women attending court.
BOCSAR statistics show
an increase in DV related assaults and an increase in the number of domestic
violence protection orders issued in NSW (ADVOs). With community concern about
the issue at an all-time high following high level publicity from the #metoo
movement, the death of women and children in our communities and the 2015
Australian of the year, Rosie Batty, the NSW government should be leading the
way to fund specialist domestic violence services such as the Women’s Domestic
Violence Court Advocacy Services.
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