Family Violence Reform for Survivors in Australian State

Children exposed to domestic and family violence are five times more likely to need mental health help by age 18. Shutter2U/Adobe Stock

Victim survivors of family violence in Victoria, Australia can now report crimes and seek justice more easily under a new $3.7 billion (US$2.6 billion) systemic reform.

Six years after the Royal Commission into Family Violence, the state government has implemented all 227 recommendations, including amending the Family Violence Protection Act 2008.