❓ Question on Notice regarding the discrepancy between high-risk FDV cases and those escalated to Multi-Agency Case Management (MACM), highlighting resource availability as a barrier and government response.

I refer to the Ombudsman’s report A Review of Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) in Western Australia, which found that 61 per cent of cases met the threshold for high risk of serious harm, yet only 2.5 per cent were escalated to Multi-Agency Case Management (MACM), and I ask:(a) how many FDV incidents were assessed as high risk of serious harm in each of the past three years;(b) of those, how many were escalated to MACM;(c) what criteria are used to determine whether a high-risk case is escalated;(d) what barriers have been identified to escalation; and(e) what actions has the Government taken in response?

(a – b) The information sought is contained in individual incident reports and is not available in an easily reportable format. (c) WA Police attending a request for assistance following a family violence incident ask a series of questions, based on the WA Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRARMF). The Family Violence Incident Report, populated by WA Police, and the initial assessment undertaken by the Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (FDVRTs) to inform triage, are aligned to the CRARMF. (d-e) A barrier to escalation has been resource availability. In response to this, the State Government has brought forward the delivery of Family Safety Service (FSS) officers across the State. The FSS is one of four major reforms being implemented within the FDVRTs, the other three being: