Victorian Budget: Ending family violence

VICTORIAN BUDGET: ENDING FAMILY VIOLENCE

* $448.1 million to establish 17 support and safety hubs across Victoria

* $270.8 million for after-hours crisis support counselling and therapy

* $269.4 million for five specialist family violence courts

* $161.1 million to expand family services; recruit 450 new child protection workers

* $133.2 million for extra long-term housing, rent assistance and crisis accommodation

* $101.2 million to increase information sharing between government and family violence agencies

* $76.9 million to hold perpetrators to account, including men's behaviour change programs

* $50.7 million for a new Family Violence Prevention Agency and primary prevention strategy

PREMIER DANIEL ANDREWS

"This is an unprecedented investment to keep women and children safe, because there is nothing more important."

"We promised to spare nothing when it came to addressing family violence."

TREASURER TIM PALLAS

"It is more money directed in this budget to family violence than all of the budgets of all the states and territories and the Commonwealth combined."

"There is more money directed to family violence in this budget than the state of Victoria has ever committed to family violence in all preceding budgets combined."