The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to create a safer New South Wales by taking a whole of community approach to addressing domestic and family violence, with Men’s Behaviour Change Programs (MBCPs) rolled out across an additional seven locations.
$10 million is being invested to increase the availability of these programs across the state as part of the Minns Labor Government’s $245.6 million package to address domestic and family violence in New South Wales, which has included:
Implementing the state’s first ever Primary Prevention Strategy.
Working to expand the Staying Home Leaving Violence program state wide.
Introducing new offences for repeated and serious breaches of Apprehended Domesticc
Violence Orders.
Making it harder than ever for alleged domestic violence offenders to get bail.
Introducing Serious Domestic Abuse Prevention Orders.
Modernising the definition of ‘stalking’ to include technology based harassment.
MBCPs are evidence-based group programs and services that focus on working with perpetrators of domestic and family violence to reduce or prevent the recurrence of abusive behaviour by a perpetrator towards a partner or family member.
Between 2022 and 2024, 1,800 men participated in MBCPs in NSW.
The Minns Labor Government’s priority remains the safety of victim-survivors of domestic and family violence and ensuring they have access to support when they need it.
Following this expansion, the programs will now be available across 35 locations through 15 providers.
The new locations are:
- Nowra, Shoalhaven LGA – Anglicare
- Ulladulla, Shoalhaven LGA – Anglicare
- Forster, Mid-Coast LGA – Manning Support Services
- Gloucester, Mid-Coast LGA – Manning Support Services
- Lithgow, Lithgow LGA – Plus Community
- Blacktown, Blacktown LGA – Relationships Australia
- Maitland, Maitland LGA – Relationships Australia
