- The Crisafulli Government is investing in Queensland’s frontline domestic and family violence response after incidents skyrocketed by 218 per cent under Labor.
- These supports build on the Crisafulli Government’s existing reforms to provide holistic, trauma-informed care for vulnerable victim survivors.
- The investment includes funding for 26 specialist mental health professionals and 49 trained domestic and family violence professionals in Police Stations.
The Crisafulli Government is putting the rights of victims ahead of the rights of offenders by delivering a major investment to strengthen frontline domestic and family violence services across Queensland.
While Labor failed to provide long-term certainty for the sector, the Crisafulli Government is investing in new strategies and providing ongoing certainty for those already making a difference.
More than $50 million will be invested over the next four years to bolster frontline services, expand access to specialist mental health support, and secure the workforce helping those escaping violence.
The investment includes $40 million over four years to continue embedding domestic and family violence practitioners in 49 police stations across Queensland, providing immediate, trauma-informed support to victim-survivors when they report incidents.
The program provides professionals to assist with counselling, safety planning, advocacy through police processes, financial support and emergency relief, helping victim-survivors navigate the justice system.
The Crisafulli Government is also delivering $10 million in a new initiatives to embed 26 specialist mental health professionals within 20 Women’s Health and Wellbeing Services across Queensland, ensuring victim-survivors can access timely mental health care in trusted community settings.
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Amanda Camm said the Crisafulli Government was focused on delivering practical action that puts victims first and holds perpetrators to account.
“For too long, frontline DFV services were neglected under Labor, despite increasing demand and the growing complexity of cases,” Minister Camm said.
“The Crisafulli Government is backing the services that Queenslanders rely on and giving frontline workers and victim-survivors the care they deserve.
“These investments ensure specialist services can continue helping women and children escape violence and rebuild their lives when they need it.”
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the Crisafulli Government was delivering nation-leading domestic and family violence reform after a decade of inaction under Labor.
“We are delivering nation-leading reform to empower police to protect more victims of domestic and family violence sooner and hold perpetrators to account after the former Labor Government oversaw a 218 per cent increase in DFV-related incidents,” Minister Purdie said.
“These specialist domestic and family violence practitioners will bolster the frontline as we continue to make Queensland safer and deliver important change to address this scourge on society which festered during Labor’s decade of decline.”
Member for Mackay Nigel Dalton said victim survivors needed immediate access to specialist support from the moment they ask for help.
“The Crisafulli Government is backing the frontline with long term funding that helps put victims first and hold perpetrators to account,” he said.
Salvation Army Family Violence State Manager Liz Carney said the Salvation Army is grateful for the Queensland Government’s ongoing investment in family and domestic violence responses across the Mackay region.
“These Embedded Practitioner roles provide a critical lifeline for victim-survivors, ensuring they can access immediate support, specialist guidance, and pathways to safety during times of crisis,” she said.
“Strong collaboration and integrated service delivery are essential to improving outcomes for victim-survivors of family and domestic violence.
“The Salvation Army are committed to working alongside the Queensland Government and Queensland Police Service to deliver these vital supports for victim-survivors across the Mackay region.”
CEO of Whitsunday Counselling & Support Inc. Kirsty Gillett said mental health and domestic violence are so often part of the same story, and this investment lets us care for women holistically, in one place, by a team they trust.
“For regional services like ours, the current funding model has meant supporting a woman only so far before referring her on,” she said.
“This investment recognises how deeply mental health and domestic violence are linked, and it finally gives services outside the major centres the resources to deliver genuine wrap-around care.
“Too many women arrive at our door already carrying more than anyone should have to, and our current services stop short of mental health support, with external referrals resulting in another waitlist, more travel, and revisiting their trauma again.
“This funding allows Whitsunday Counselling and Support to offer women integrated support in one place, ensuring a more holistic and coordinated service.”
The Crisafulli Government has also successfully advocated to secure $65.12 million in funding over four years under the national 500 Workers initiative.
