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❓ Question on Notice regarding the Premier's announcement of increased funding for Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (FDVRT), seeking details on staffing, impact assessment, effectiveness evaluation, and FDVRT involvement in police call outs.

AnsweredQoN 1070Legislative Council

Asked

4 December 2025

Member

Hon Michelle Boylan

Portfolio

Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence

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I refer to the Premier's announcement of a record Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) funding boost on Monday 1 December 2025, and commitment of $34.9 million to expand Family and Domestic Violence Response Teams (FDVRT), and I ask: (a) how many additional staff will be funded; (b) in reference to (a), please table the agency of each additional staff member; (c) what metrics are used to assess the impact of the funding commitment; (d) can the Minister table any reports or data that evaluate the effectiveness of the current FDVRT; (e) how many of police call outs resulted in FDVRT involvement in the last three years; and (f) in reference to (e), what proportion of those cases received a follow up safety planning or referral to support services?

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Answered

24 February 2026

Responded by

Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence

Response time

5 days

(a - b)
New funding
Organisation
18 Child safety practitioner FTE and 3.6 Team Leader FTE.
Department of Communities
21 civilian police FTE
Western Australia Police Force
17 Coordinated Response Services (CRS) FTE.
Eight Community Sector Organisations
(c) Activity data is monitored through:
(d) Completed reports or data sets are not currently available for publication.
(e - f) The exact number of police call outs that resulted in FDVRT involvement is unable to be determined.

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