Collecting data about people who use family violence is complex and there are inconsistences in what, when and how this data is collected.
Tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 1 April 2025, the report makes
71 findings and 61 recommendations.
The report focuses on how the Victorian Government can achieve a more holistic understanding of people using family violence. This includes considering improvements to current data collection, linkage and sharing and what else is needed to build knowledge about the perpetration of family violence.
Recommendations include mapping what existing data on people using family violence can and has the potential to do, and bringing together existing and planned research.
Some key areas of opportunity in the report are:
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty
- rectification processes to correct misidentification
- learning what works: programs for people using family violence
- a population-based survey.