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House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs - Melbourne, VIC (part 2 of 2)

18 June 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The chair opens the inquiry, outlines procedures and introduces Dr Williams, who delivers an opening statement on suicide linked to domestic and family violence, data gaps, neurobiological harms of coercive control and deficits in psychiatric training.

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Hearing opening and psychiatrist’s mandate

02:32

Committee opens and witness introduced

02:32

Opening statement — suicide, DV data gaps and risk

04:08

Psychiatric training, assessment limits and trauma-informed care

09:05

Psychiatry training, culture and suicide risk recognition

09:05

Screening tools and limits of one-off assessments

11:48

Lack of consistent trauma-informed care and system gaps

14:29

Mental health services as intervention points and gendered suicide infrastructure

16:20

Evidence on gendered suicide, perpetration and intervention settings

23:24

Evidence on women, DV and men as perpetrators

23:24

Youth neurodisability, family violence and unique harms of IPV

25:56

Best intervention touchpoints and funding for safe disclosure

30:28

Frontline training and recognising trauma presentations

34:27

Data sharing, coronial information and DV disclosure schemes

39:30

Close of first witness and procedural next steps

44:35

Children’s Campus strategy and paediatric suicide guideline

45:41

Melbourne Children’s Campus strategy and paediatric suicide guideline

45:41

Children as primary victims and trauma-informed preventative care

50:03

Screening, behaviour support profile and high-risk cohorts

53:48

Neurodevelopmental conditions, family stress and DV risk

54:52

Funding limits, national coordination and service ecosystems

57:17

Origins, funding limits and scaling of the campus strategy

57:17

Need for national coordination and best-practice dissemination

59:42

Service ecosystem gaps and clinician confidence with child suicide

01:01:50

Help-seeking barriers, workforce capability and self-education

01:04:44

Help-seeking barriers and role of schools and trust

01:04:44

Matching practitioners, ongoing professional development and research gaps

01:06:46

Trauma-informed practice beyond health and self-education

01:10:31

DV exposure in child suicidality, information sharing and hearing close

01:11:56

Recognising DV exposure in child suicidality and barriers to disclosure

01:11:56

Information sharing across agencies and trauma from repeated retelling

01:14:41

Child agency, confidentiality and mandatory reporting

01:17:13

Close of hearing, questions on notice and support services

01:20:12

House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs - Melbourne, VIC (part 2 of 2)

18 June 2026

House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Thu, 18 Jun 2026 Australian Parliament

02:32 - 02:46

Speaker 8

I now welcome the representative of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists to give evidence. For the Hansard record, would you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee?

02:47 - 02:58

Speaker 9

My name is Doctor Karen Williams and I come as a representative of the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Lovely. Thank you very much.

02:59 - 03:33

Speaker 8

Although you're not required to give evidence under oath, this hearing is a legal proceeding of the Parliament. It has the same standing as proceedings of the House. The giving of false or misleading evidence is a serious matter and may be regarded as a contempt of parliament. The evidence given today will be recorded by Hansard and attracts parliamentary privilege and is being broadcast as well. Please note that information in relation to ongoing investigations or cases such as identifying personal details should not be divulged to avoid potential interference.

So welcome. My name is Louise Mullerfrost.

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