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A peak body, WDVCAS Inc. was established with funding from Legal Aid in 2011 (subsequently renamed Women's Safety NSW [12]) and began to engage more closely with government agencies including the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, NSW Victims Services, FACS and NSW Police. [13]
The NSW government commissioned a major report into the proposal. [22] This Tribunal will incorporate the functions of twenty-three existing Tribunals, including the NSW Victims Compensation Tribunal. One of the branches of the "Super-Tribunal" will be "Victim Services".
The New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities; and the administration and development of a just and equitable legal system of courts, tribunals, laws and other mechanisms that further the principles of justice in the ...
Bonnie Women's Refuge (originally Bonny Women's Refuge) is a women's refuge located in south-west Sydney, established in 1974. [1] [2] It was the second refuge to open in Australia, following Elsie Refuge, [3] and formed part of the original NSW Women's Refuge Movement which was established to meet the need for specialised housing and support services for women and children escaping domestic ...
A 2013 NSW survey of 300 victims revealed that only around 50% reported the most recent incident to police, usually because of fear of revenge or further violence. The 2016 ABS Personal Safety Survey showed that around 95% of men and 80% of women who were victims of violence from their current partners had never reported it to police.
From its establishment in 2009 until the election of the O'Farrell Government in 2011, the department was known as the Department of Human Services. [ 1 ] Until its 2019 abolition, the department provided services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people , children and young people, families, people who are homeless, people with a ...
WIPAN has also received small, one off charity grants [5] and funding grants of the NSW Government, [6] such as the three years of one-off funding grants from, the NSW Government, Office of Women, used to establish WIPAN's mentoring service in 2009. [3] WIPAN maintained that 84 per cent of women sent to prison in 2017 had committed non-violent ...
The New South Wales Department of Justice was a state government agency in New South Wales, Australia, that operated under various names between 2009 and 2019. In 2019, most of its functions were absorbed by a new Department of Communities and Justice . [ 2 ]