Welfare concerns for children exposed to more family violence during COVID-19 lockdowns
ABCThe great escape was meticulously planned. Crime Statistics Agency data released exclusively to the ABC by Monash University's Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre showed children’s presence at police-reported family violence incidents increased by 29.4 per cent in Victoria between April and June last year, compared with the same period in 2019. "Family violence is under-reported for many reasons, and while we’ve seen that increase in the Victoria Police data, it’s likely that this is just the tip of the iceberg," she said. Five years on from Victoria’s landmark Royal Commission into Family Violence, the state's Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People Liana Buchanan has warned the child protection system is stretched and cannot meet demand. "I see many, many children in my work who’ve experienced horrendous family violence and who don’t have access to the kind of counselling, the kind of support they need to recover," she said.
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