I am pleased to share the seventh annual report on how the state of Victoria is putting the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework into action for 2024–25.
This report sets out the progress Victoria has made this year in implementing the ambitious reforms we embarked upon following the Royal Commission into Family Violence in 2016.
MARAM plays a key role in Victoria’s efforts to address family violence. It helps professionals across many different sectors to recognise and respond to family violence effectively.
While MARAM alone cannot stop family violence, it gives practitioners the tools to better support victim survivors and help reduce the risk of harm, serious injury, or death.
This report highlights how all the departments, agencies, peak bodies, and organisations with legislated responsibilities are continuing the important work of equipping workforces with the relevant skills and knowledge to embed MARAM in their practice.
Highlights for 2024–25 include:
- 95,917 MARAM training modules were completed, reflecting strong sector engagement and ongoing commitment to building workforce capability in family violence risk assessment and management.
- 137,594 risk assessments and safety plans were completed, reflecting sector-wide action to identify and manage family violence risk.
- The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) continued developing Child and young person-focused MARAM Practice Guides and tools, to be published in 2026.
- In the Corrections and Justice Services portfolio, the MARAM pilot evaluation confirmed customised MARAM tools, risk assessments and information sharing within the prison system was effective.
- The Courts portfolio continued preparations for the integration of the practice guides for adults who use family violence into the Magistrates Court operations and their Client Record System.
- Family Violence Investigation Units in the Victoria Police portfolio used the new Case Prioritisation and Response Model to better identify, prioritise and manage high-risk family violence cases with high-severity family violence outcomes as accurately as possible.
Our workforces are becoming more confident in assessing and managing risk, and in sharing information under the MARAM Framework. This is making a real difference in keeping victim survivors safer.
I would like to thank all ministers whose portfolios include framework organisations. Your ongoing commitment has been vital in driving this important reform forward. This report comprises my own portfolio reports and those provided to me by:
- the Hon. Ben Carroll MP, Deputy Premier, Minister for Education
- the Hon. Lizzie Blandthorn MLC, Minister for Children, Minister for Disability
- the Hon. Anthony Carbines MP, Minister for Police, Minister for Community Safety, Minister for Victims
- the Hon. Enver Erdogan MLC, Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice
- the Hon. Sonya Kilkenny MP, Attorney-General
- the Hon. Harriet Shing MLC, Minister for Housing of Victoria
- the Hon. Nick Staikos MP, Minister for Consumer Affairs
- the Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, Minister for Health, Minister for Ambulance Services
- the Hon. Danny Pearson MP, Minister for Government Services
I also want to acknowledge the many people working across government, the family violence sector, and community services. Your ongoing commitment is strengthening our collective response to family violence.
I extend my sincere thanks to those in specialist family violence services, sexual assault services, and The Orange Door network. You are vital partners in this work. Your efforts are central to managing risk and building safer communities.
To the victim survivors who have contributed to the MARAM reforms—thank you. Your courage, experiences, and insights have been instrumental in embedding lived experience at the heart of the MARAM Framework.
Thank you to everyone who plays a role in our family violence prevention workforce. Your work is what helps keep Victorians safe every day across this state. I pay special tribute to you.
Ingrid Stitt, MP
Minister for Mental Health
Minister for Ageing
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
Minister for Prevention of Family Violence
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