Domestic and family violence is too important to outsource.
NSW must rebuild a publicly delivered, fully accountable DFV system.
Right now, women and children are being put at risk by a fragmented, under-resourced DFV system built on short-term contracts and privatised service delivery.
Lives depend on change.
NSW DFV is in crisis.
Domestic and family violence is a public safety crisis. Yet the essential services designed to protect victim-survivors have been outsourced to a patchwork of NGOs, competitive tenders, and insecure contracts. This fragmented model has left people falling through the cracks, services stretched beyond capacity, and no clear accountability when things go wrong.
- Two women are killed every week.
- Over 120,000 DFV-related assaults occur in Australia each year.
- Failures in outsourced systems cost lives.
We know what works – integrated, publicly delivered DFV services that put safety first.
It’s time for NSW to rebuild a system that is coordinated, accountable, and properly funded.
A Better Way Exists
Models like Mount Druitt Family Violence Service and Tasmania’s Safe at Home program show that coordinated, government-led services save lives.
This shouldn’t be the exception – it should be the standard across NSW.