This Cabinet Paper was publicly released on 29 July 2015 when Ministers Amy Adams and Anne Tolley launched the Government's new family violence work programme.

This paper reports progress on the work of the Ministerial Group on Family Violence and Sexual Violence (Ministerial Group). It seeks agreement to the Ministerial Group’s proposed cross-government family violence work programme and endorsement of its sexual violence work programme.
2 The paper also notes the Minister for Social Development has agreed to disestablish the Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families (the Taskforce) and that the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Social Development have agreed to a new approach to the engagement of the non-government sector in the Ministerial Group Work Programme. Attachment 2: portfolio analysis of family violence and sexual violence, including child abuse and neglect conducted in March 2015 (14 pages). This revealed that "the annual spend is around $1.4 billion per year. Most of this spend is on core services delivered to address the immediate impacts of a family violence or sexual violence incident having occurred. Despite prevalence rates being high and reporting rates being low, only a small proportion is spent on primary prevention and screening." The new work programme was launched on 29 July 2015. Attachment 3 at the end of the document is: Key messages for family violence and sexual violence (2 pages). Follow the website link for more information about the Ministerial Group on Family Violence and Sexual Violence Work Programme and links to the media release. Record #4765