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GREENING EUROA Goulburn Valley Water manager of operations Steven Nash (front left) signing the memorandum of understanding with Euroa Primary School principal Kim McCabe on the school’s oval, accompanied by fellow members of the Greening Euroa Project steering committee.
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Family violence down 10 p per cent drop p in local figgures as state edges g closer to p pre-pandemic p levels THE Crime Statistics Agency has released key data from the 2021-2022 Victorian Family Violence Database, with incidents of family violence reported as decreasing significantly across the Strathbogie Shire. The figures look at crime for the year ending June 2022, with statistics covering criminal incidents, recorded offences, offender incidents, victim reports,
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and family violence. The number of family violence incidents recorded by police across Victoria decreased 3 per cent this year. This is still 3pc higher than pre-pandemic, with family violence incidents
seeing a sharp rise during COVID. In the Strathbogie local government area, the number of family violence incidents decreased by 10.3pc, although the region still has a higher incident rate compared to the Victoria-wide data. The family incident rate for Strathbogie was 1431 incidents per 100,000 people, compared to the
Victorian rate of 1373.5 incidents. The total number of family violence incidents in the region was at 165, down from the 184 recorded in 2021. Women were the most affected party of the incidents, with 122 of the 165 incidents having women as the impacted family member. The most affected age group in the region was people aged 35-44, who were
represented in 55 of the incidents reported, while 18 incidents affected people aged 17 and under. Family violence related ambulance and emergency department presentations across the state also decreased this year following a period of elevation. Other key findings in the data include: the number of clients provided with
family violence related homelessness services decreased by 10pc to 49,914 in 2021-22; calls to family violence helpline services decreased this year; calls to the Victims of Crime Helpline were down 3pc and calls to the Victims’ Assistance Program were down 21pc compared to last year. ■ Continued page 2