Victims may be eligible for assistance, payment, or compensation from other schemes for the same expense or violent act. Victims should consider their circumstances when deciding if they are eligible for other schemes and may want to seek advice on any other entitlements they may have.
Applicants must include details in their application about:
- any assistance they have received from another scheme for the same loss or expense
- any insurance payments received, including for funeral expenses
- applications they have made or are going to make to other schemes, or
- court proceedings involving damages or compensation.
Applicants must provide details of the following other payments or applications for other assistance in their application:
- common law damages (such as from a personal injury matter)
- insurance payments received, such as for funeral expenses or income protection insurance
- compensation orders made by a criminal court under the Sentencing Act 1991 after the offender has been found guilty of a crime related to the violent act
- payments from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) if the violent act was an accident on the road (including if the victim was a pedestrian or a cyclist)
- payments from the Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe) if the violent act happened at work or was related to the workplace
- payments from a Family Violence Flexible Support Package
- payments from a Victims Assistance Program
- payments from the Restorative Engagement and Redress Scheme for former or current Victoria Police employees (Police Redress Scheme)
- any insurance payments or Medicare payments for the same loss or expense, or
- any other assistance, payment, or compensation.
Applicants do not have to provide details of any payments the victim has or are likely to receive from the National Redress Scheme for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse, as the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2018 protects these payments from being considered by other schemes.
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