9.4.1 How the FAS will treat related acts

  • If the criminal acts involve the same victim and:
    • occurred at about the same time
    • were committed by the same offender over a period of time
    • shared some other common factor, or
    • contributed to the victim’s injury or death.
  • Applications by the same victim but the criminal acts took place at very different times and were committed by different offenders.

✅ Eligible for the FAS

Example:

Amelia was sexually assaulted over a number of years by the same offender. Amelia moved overseas for a while to be with family and to recover from the trauma. When she returned to Victoria the sexual assaults continued by the same offender.

Amelia is a victim of related acts as they involved the same offender over a period of time.

Violent acts – supporting evidence requirements

Mandatory evidence

Applicants must provide detail in their application form about the violent act.

Additional evidence 

Applicants may want to consider providing additional documents about the violent act to support their application. These documents could include:

  • court documents including judgments and sentencing remarks
  • Family Violence Intervention Orders, Family Violence Safety Notices or Personal Safety Intervention Orders applied for by police
  • statement made to police
  • Coroner’s report
  • Victim Impact Statements
  • reports from other agencies, such as family violence reports
  • report or letter by a medical practitioner
  • report or letter from a mental health practitioner
  • report or letter from a social worker or support worker (for example, from an Orange Door or specialist sexual assault service)
  • hospital records
  • medical records
  • a statutory declaration explaining the nature of the violent act
  • any other documents which detail the violent act.

The FAS will also request information from the police about the violent act.

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