Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986

The DFVR coordinator must report to the Minister about domestic or family violence incidents included on the register (registered incidents) during the reporting period.

The report must include the following:

the number of registered incidents;

the incidence of interactions between people involved in registered incidents and police, the courts or community-based services.

The DFVR coordinator may include in the report—

demographic information about people involved in domestic or family violence incidents; and

any patterns or trends identified in relation to registered incidents; and

any recommendations about legislation, policies, practices or services for implementation by the Territory and non‑government bodies to help prevent or reduce the likelihood of family violence; and

information about the implementation of any previous recommendations of the DFVR coordinator; and

any other matter the DFVR coordinator considers relevant.

However the DFVR coordinator must not include in the report any information that, in the opinion of the coordinator, would—

disclose the identity of people involved in a registered incident; or

allow the identity of a person involved in a registered incident to be easily worked out.

The DFVR coordinator must give the Minister the report within 4 months after the end of the review period.

The Minister must present the report to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the day the report is given to the Minister.

Within 3 months after receiving a report under subsection (1), the Minister must give information to the DFVR coordinator about any action the Minister has taken, or will take, in relation to the matters raised in the report.

In this section:

reporting period means a period of 2 years, beginning on 1 July 2021.