Domestic violence costing $21.7 billion

By Our Watch
Updated November 23 2015 - 10:53am, first published 10:52am
SHOCKING STATISTICS: A new report, which is a public submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, estimates that if no further action is taken to prevent violence against women, the costs will accumulate to $323.4 billion over the thirty years to 2045.
SHOCKING STATISTICS: A new report, which is a public submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, estimates that if no further action is taken to prevent violence against women, the costs will accumulate to $323.4 billion over the thirty years to 2045.

Violence against women and their children is costing Australia $21.7 billion each year, with governments carrying more than a third of the cost burden; as shown in the report “A High Price to Pay: The Economic Case For Preventing Violence Against Women” released today by PwC partner James van Smeerdijk, VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter and Our Watch Director of Policy and Evaluation, Dr Lara Fergus. 

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