Summary
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), with funding from the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS), is developing a prototype (pilot) data collection on government-funded specialist crisis family and domestic violence (FDV) services provided to victim-survivors.
Overall, the project provides an opportunity for governments to agree which data would be most meaningful to include in a future national data collection to meet stakeholder information requirements, and the best process to achieve this.
This summary report provides a recommended way forward for the pilot data collection, drawing on in-depth consultation completed by AIHW to June 2025.
Summary
1. Context
- Why develop a pilot data collection?
- Scope
- A complex and varied landscape
2. Project methodology
- Guiding principles for developing the prototype data collection
3. Key Findings
- First Nations approach
4. Recommended way forward for the pilot collection
- Pilot collection aims
- Data items for inclusion in the pilot data collection
- Timing of the pilot
- Service outlets participating in the pilot
- Data supply for the pilot
- Project governance and consultation
- Method for implementation
End matter: Glossary, Acknowledgements, List of tables, List of figures