❓ Hon Michelle Boylan asks about the recognition and support for children as victim-survivors in family and domestic violence incidents. The response indicates data limitations and outlines existing policies and investments.

I refer to the Ombudsman’s finding that children are not consistently recognised as victim-survivors in family and domestic violence incidents, and I ask:(a) what is the number of family and domestic violence incidents in which children were recorded as present in each of the past three years;(b) what policies, frameworks or guidelines recognise children as victim-survivors in their own right within the family and domestic violence response system;(c) how many, and what proportion, of family and domestic violence incidents in which children were recorded as present resulted in a referral to child protection services in each of the past three years; and(d) what reforms or policy changes are being implemented to improve the identification of, and response to, children impacted by family and domestic violence?

(a) The information sought is contained in individual incident reports and is not available in an easily reportable format. (b) Children are recognised as victim-survivors in their own right in numerous legislations, policies, frameworks and guidelines including: (c) The information sought is contained in individual incident reports and is not available in an easily reportable format. (d) Since 2017, the State Government has invested an unprecedented $707.6 million in a range of initiatives that aim to keep victim-survivors safe and hold perpetrators to account. This includes an $8.23 million funding package over four years from 2024-25 to provide effective and accessible therapeutic response to children and young people impacted by family and domestic violence including: Other initiatives include: