The Office notes that the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children
20102022 suggests that ‘outcomes for women and their children could be improved by governments working more collaboratively through building the evidence base, sharing information and tracking performance’. The Office considers that there would be value in publishing national reports on domestic and family violence deaths that consider recurring themes and actions towards making system improvements.
Yes the message needs to get out there to raise public awareness and the total unacceptability of domestic violence, highlight the fact that it can lead to tragic deaths and advocate in respect of recommendations aimed towards systemic improvements. | Yes, there is value in that, however, not all jurisdictions have a DFV death review mechanism and therefore a ‘national’ report would not be possible until then. One of the Networks key functions is to Identify, collect, analyse and report national data concerning domestic and family violence deaths. State to State data is being prepared and will form the beginning of comparative reporting across jurisdictions. |
Yes, this is crucial to advancing our understanding of family violence and informing the development and / refinement of policies and programs initiated to prevent family violence.
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Is your Government considering the establishment of a domestic and family violence death review function in your jurisdiction? | There has been no official statement that the Tasmanian Government is considering the establishment of a domestic and family violence death review function in the state, over and above the investigative and review functions performed by a coroner pursuant to the Coroners Act 1995. Nor has the Coroner been involved in any informal or preliminary discussions about the establishment of such a function |
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What is your view about developing a domestic and family violence death review function in your jurisdiction? | Tasmanian coroners support the development of a tailored and appropriately scaled domestic and family violence death review function in Tasmania compatible with the coroner’s function as the prime investigator of reportable deaths. It will improve the state’s coronial practice, assist coroner’s with more definitive research, enable better targeted recommendations and points of intervention in death prevention and is consistent with best practise in other states/territories. | This is a small jurisdiction and the various reportable deaths are readily apparent. There is no discernible utility in separating out the various discrete areas. |
What are the views of other major stakeholders concerning the need for a death review function? | Tasmanian coroners have not had the opportunity to consult or seek the views of other major stakeholders concerning the need for a death review function. A domestic and family violence death review function was not part of the Tasmanian Government’s $25.57m Safe Homes, Safe Families: Tasmania’s Family Violence Action Plan 20152020 launched in August http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/safehomessafefamilies. |
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