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House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs

2 August 2026

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Contents updated on 18 Aug 2026

The Chair opens the hearing on links between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide, then Associate Professor Turner outlines the South Australian Suicide Registry’s legal basis, data structure and review processes, including access to sensitive records and emerging powers under new mental health legislation. This block establishes how DFSV, child protection and legal information are captured in suicides and how these data support investigations and system‑level prevention within SA Health.

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Hearing opening and SA Suicide Registry framework

18:35

Opening of hearing and witness introductions

18:35

Turner’s opening statement — SA Suicide Registry and DFSV links

21:30

Data sources, private information and suicide case reviews

27:55

Child protection records, information powers and suicide legislation

34:31

National consistency, legal markers and SA prevention lessons

39:20

Hawke — national consistency and data sharing barriers

39:20

Legal interactions, rapid reviews and systemic follow‑up

48:06

Federation lessons, registry design, AI and prevention gaps

58:25

New Zealand family violence death review and suicide inclusion

01:41:56

Gulliver introduction — NZ FV and femicide mandate

01:41:56

NZ femicide findings, FVDRC powers and including suicide

01:44:47

Identifying family violence, life‑course reviews and suicide coercion

01:53:05

Coercive control definitions and expanding femicide to suicides

01:59:44

Mortality reviews, substance use and maternal health interventions

02:10:18

Queensland child death reviews and upstream prevention focus

02:46:43

QFCC opening — child suicide statistics and DFSV exposure

02:46:43

Queensland Child Death Register and review board processes

02:53:43

Privacy, schooling blind spots and community scaffolding vs control

03:03:13

Holistic prevention, youth‑specific services and harmful behaviours

03:21:43

National DFSV training, coercive control and practice change

03:35:28

DART Institute — national training on DFSV, coercive control and suicide

03:35:28

Risk assessment practice, state frameworks and workplace responses

03:38:46

Measuring training impact and improving documentation and bystander roles

03:52:40

Western Australia FDV inquiries, system reforms and national coordination

04:08:06

WA Communities — prevention role and Ombudsman suicide inquiry

04:08:06

Death review data, suicide monitoring and centring children as victims

04:12:26

FDV Taskforce system reform — risk tools, information sharing and integrated responses

04:20:22

Implementation challenges, data systems and national coordination gaps

04:31:55

House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs

2 August 2026

House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Mon, 3 Aug 2026 Australian Parliament

18:35 - 19:35

Speaker 14

I now declare open the public hearing for the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs inquiry into the relationship between domestic and family and sexual violence and suicide. I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the country on which we meet today and pay my respects to their ancestors and elders past, present and emerging. I extend this respect to all Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultural and spiritual connections to Australia's lands and waters. This hearing will be broadcast and the transcript of proceedings will be published on the Parliament's website. For those in person or listening online, please be advised that this hearing may contain evidence that could cause distress.

If anything you hear today upsets you or causes distress, please reach out to 1800RESPECT, Lifeline, 13YARN, Kids Helpline or other support services. There is also the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service and Employee Assistance Program for broadcasting Hansard, the committee secretariat, the committee and its members' staff.

19:35 - 19:47

Speaker 15

I now welcome Associate Professor Melanie Turner to give evidence. For the Hansard record, would you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee?

19:47 - 20:04

Speaker 1

Thank you. My name is Associate Professor Melanie Turner. I'm the Chief Psychiatrist of South Australia and I've been asked to attend today representing part of SA Health with regards to domestic, family, and sexual violence and our responses and data and information regarding that.

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