COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Public Service Act 1999

Order to Establish the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission as an Executive Agency

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth):

(a)       establish the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission as an Executive Agency;

(b)      allocate the name Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission to the Executive Agency;

(c)       allocate the name Commissioner to the Head of the Executive Agency;

(d)      identify the Minister for Women’s Safety as the Minister responsible for the Executive Agency;

(e)       specify the functions of the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission be as follows:

1. provide strategic policy advice to the Minister for Women’s Safety;
2. promote and enhance coordination across Commonwealth, state and territory governments, and the not-for-profit and private sectors;
3. promote coordinated and consistent monitoring and evaluation frameworks by all governments for the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 (National Plan);
4. develop and maintain a supportive and structured approach to victim-survivor engagement;
5. inform priorities for policy, research and data collection in cooperation with jurisdictions and relevant organisations and agencies; and
6. promote the objectives of the National Plan across all parts of Australian society.

This order will commence on 1 July 2022.

Dated 17 March 2022

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

Scott Morrison

Prime Minister