Family Violence
Family violence is significant across all communities in
Australia. Recent figures estimate the Australian Police
deal with approximately 657 family violence matters on
average every day, or one every two minutes. Victoria has
the highest rate of incidents attended by police at 187 per
day.15 The Whittlesea LGA has one of the highest rates of
family violence in the north. Over the past five years the
number of Whittlesea incidents reported to police has
almost doubled (1,270 in 2009/10 to 2,359 in 2013/14.16
Across the organisation Whittlesea Community
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