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High-risk domestic violence cases slipping through cracks in WA, says report

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Report reveals major gaps in WA's response to family and domestic violence In short: A new report has found major gaps in how agencies in WA respond to high-risk family and domestic violence cases, despite rising incidents. More than half of the 388 cases reviewed were high-risk, but only a small fraction were escalated through the support system, leaving victims exposed to harm. The findings come...
The report’s core failure isn't simply a matter of statistics—it’s a profound systemic flaw representing a perverse prioritization of perceived political expediency over actual victim safety. The “fast-tracking” of 34 new family safety officers, touted by Minister Stojkovski, is a classic Motte-and-Bailey tactic: it's a shiny new addition designed to distract from the fundamental absence of proactive, coordinated intervention for high-risk cases. The framing of the data as “16-month-old” is itse...