Macedon Ranges council will share in almost $3 million to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women.
On February 16, the state government announced councils around Victoria will deliver a range of initiatives as part of the Free from Violence Local Government Program 2024-27.
Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas said all women and children have the right to be safe at home.
“The [state] government remains focused on ending family violence,” she said.
“That’s why we are investing in our local communities to support important family violence intervention programs.”
Councils will deliver programs and activities that will help people in the community understand the role they can play to make their community safer.
As large employers with unique connections to their local communities, councils are well placed to support communities to both prevent family violence and stop violence against women.
This is the second round of the program, which is already supporting 15 councils to carry out primary prevention initiatives in their local area.
The state government said these grants are an important part of it’s nation-leading work to end family violence.
According to the peak body for specialist family violence services, Safe and Equal, family incidents recorded by Victoria Police increased by 6.7 per cent from 2018–19 to 2019–20.
The service said a family incident is defined as an incident attended by Victoria Police where a risk assessment and risk management report was completed.
