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Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW

The inquiry was established on 25 July 2011 to inquire into and report on domestic violence trends and issues in New South Wales. The terms of reference were referred by the Hon Pru Goward MP, Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Women. If you require information or support as a person who is experiencing or has experienced domestic violence, please contact the 24-hour Domestic Violence Line on 1800 656 463.

Legislative Council Report Debate, 4 September 2012 Legislative Council Report Debate, 16 October 2012 Legislative Council Report Debate, 19 February 2013

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Reports and Government Responses
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TOR Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW

Date	Milestone
25 Jul 2011	Referred
23 Sep 2011	Submissions closed
17 Oct 2011	Hearing - Waratah Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
07 Nov 2011	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
20 Feb 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
28 Feb 2012	Hearing - Regional site visit, Sydney
05 Mar 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
21 Mar 2012	Hearing - Sutherland
26 Mar 2012	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
30 Apr 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
18 Jun 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
27 Aug 2012	Final Report
27 Feb 2013	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Mr Craig Cannock
No. 2 NSW Law Reform Commission
No. 3 Victims of Crime Assistance League Inc NSW (VOCAL)
No. 3a Victims of Crime Assistance League Inc NSW
No. 4 Barnardos Australia
No. 5 St Vincent de Paul Society NSW
No. 6 Women Everywhere Advocating Violence Elimination Inc. (WEAVE Inc)
No. 7 FamilyVoice Australia
No. 8 Carrie's Place Women's and Children's Services Inc
No. 9 Australian Institute of Criminology
No. 10 Nepean Community & Neighbourhood Services
No. 11 MetWest Violence Prevention Network
No. 12 Public Defenders Office NSW
No. 13 Homelessness Australia
No. 14 Deaf Society of New South Wales
No. 15 Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
No. 16 Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
No. 17 Network of Community Activities
No. 18 Jenny's Place Women and Children's Refuge Inc
No. 19 NSW Consumer Advisory Group (CAG) - Mental Health Inc
No. 20 Metro Migrant Resource Centre Inc.
No. 21 NSW Chief Magistrate
No. 22 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW
No. 23 Mt Druitt Family Violence Response and Support Strategy Leadership Group
No. 24 Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW
No. 25 Relationships Australia (NSW)
No. 26 Inner City Legal Centre
No. 27 Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby NSW Inc
No. 28 Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Network Inc
No. 29 Outer West Domestic Violence Network (OWDVN)
No. 30 Western Sydney Local Health District
No. 31 Information and Privacy Commission
No. 32 Children's Court of NSW
No. 33 Domestic Violence Death Review Team, NSW State Coroner's Office
No. 34 Legal Aid New South Wales
No. 35 Sydney Local Health District
No. 36 Youth Action and Policy Association NSW Inc
No. 37 Benevolent Society
No. 38 Binaal Billa Family Violence Prevention Legal Service
No. 39 Redfern Legal Centre and Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
No. 40 One in Three Campaign
No. 40a One in Three Campaign
No. 41 Boystown
No. 42 Penrith City Council
No. 43 Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre
No. 44 Fairfield Domestic Violence Committee (FDVC)
No. 45 Women's Legal Services NSW
No. 45a Women's Legal Services NSW
No. 46 ACON
No. 47 University of Technology
No. 48 Name suppressed
No. 49 White Ribbon Foundation
No. 50 People with Disability Australia Incorporated
No. 51 Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
No. 52 MLC
No. 53 NSW Ombudsman
No. 54 New South Wales Women's Refuge Movement Inc (WRM)
No. 55 Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN)
No. 56 Law Society of NSW
No. 57 South Western Sydney Local Health District
No. 58 Green Valley Liverpool Domestic Violence Service
No. 59 NSW Public Guardian
No. 60 University of New South Wales
No. 61 NSW Government
No. 62 UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families
No. 63 Police Association of NSW
No. 64 Northern Sydney Local Health District
No. 65 Mr Trevor Farrell
No. 66 Australian Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
No. 67 Central Coast Local Health District
No. 68 Immigrant Women's Speakout Association of NSW
No. 69 Ms Catherine Smith
No. 70 The Hon. Jan Barham
No. 71 Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre Inc
No. 72 Older Women's Network New South Wales Inc (OWN)
No. 73 Campbelltown City Council
No. 74 New South Wales Police Force
No. 75 NAPCAN
No. 77 Western Plains Regional Development Inc
No. 78 JayGrey
No. 79 Kempsey Family Support Service Inc.
No. 80 Lismore Men and Family Centre

Date	Venue Details
17/10/2011	Waratah Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
07/11/2011	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
20/02/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
28/02/2012	Regional site visit, Sydney		Transcript
05/03/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
21/03/2012	Sutherland		Transcript
26/03/2012	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
30/04/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
18/06/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney		Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 46 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW	27/02/2013
	Report No 46 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW	27/08/2012

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2012-08-27	27/08/2012	Media Release	Media release - Report No 46 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW
2012-05-29	29/05/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ministry of Health
2012-05-29	29/05/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Supplementary Questions: NSW Ministry of Health Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Supplementary Questions: NSW Ministry of Health
2012-05-28	28/05/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Victoria Police Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Victoria Police Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Victoria Police Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Victoria Police
2012-05-25	25/05/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Consumer Advisory Group-Mental Health Inc
2012-05-17	17/05/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Department of Attorney General and Justice Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Department of Attorney General and Justice
2012-04-30	30/04/2012	Correspondence	Committee Document - Social Issues - Correspondence: from Dr Jane Wangmann clarifying evidence given on 20 February 2012.
2012-04-26	26/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Police Force
2012-04-26	26/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Women's Refuge Movement Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Women's Refuge Movement Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Women's Refuge Movement Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Women's Refuge Movement
2012-04-24	24/04/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
2012-04-24	24/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Victims Of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL)
2012-04-20	20/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Fairfield Domestic Violence Committee
2012-04-20	20/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: White Ribbon
2012-04-17	17/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
2012-04-16	16/04/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Supplementary Questions: NSW Police Force
2012-04-12	12/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Children's Court of New South Wales Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Children's Court of New South Wales
2012-04-11	11/04/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Supplementary questions: Children's Court of New South Wales
2012-04-02	02/04/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Chief Magistrate of Local Court of New South Wales
2012-03-30	30/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Inner City Legal Centre
2012-03-30	30/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service Network Inc Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service Network Inc
2012-03-29	29/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre Inc
2012-03-28	28/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Family and Community Services Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Family and Community Services Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Family and Community Services Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Family and Community Services Committee Document - Social Issues - Answers to Questions on Notice: Family and Community Services
2012-03-26	26/03/2012	Tabled Document	Bonnie Souter, NAPCAN LOVE BiTES
2012-03-26	26/03/2012	Tabled Document	Ms Catherine Gander NSW Women's Refuge Movement
2012-03-26	26/03/2012	Tabled Document	Bonnie Souter, NAPCAN LOVE BiTES
2012-03-26	26/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales
2012-03-19	19/03/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Police Association of New South Wales
2012-03-19	19/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	One in Three Campaign
2012-03-19	19/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Jane Wangmann
2012-03-16	16/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Police Force NSW Police Force
2012-02-29	29/02/2012	Other	Case studies: Children's Court
2012-02-20	20/02/2012	Tabled Document	Maura Boland, Department of Family and Community Services
2012-01-24	24/01/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Redfern Legal Centre/WDVCAS
2011-12-23	23/12/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Legal Aid
2011-12-07	07/12/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Women's Legal Service NSW
2011-12-07	07/12/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Law Society of New South Wales
2011-12-07	07/12/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Redfern Legal Centre
2011-12-05	05/12/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Catherine Smith
2011-11-21	21/11/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Benevolent Society
2011-11-17	17/11/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
2011-11-17	17/11/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dept of Attorney General and Justice
2011-11-07	07/11/2011	Tabled Document	Don Weatherburn, BOCSAR
2011-11-07	07/11/2011	Tabled Document	Susan Smith, Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
2011-07-27	27/07/2011	Media Release	Announcing the inquiry - Committee to examine trends and issues in domestic violence in NSW

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