The delayed opening of Wyndham Law Courts in Melbourne, despite its state-of-the-art facilities, highlights the existing shortage of support services for victims of family violence in the area. The current Werribee Magistrates' Court, which serves a rapidly growing population, is struggling to cope with the influx of cases and the lack of adequate resources.
It’s just before 10am at Werribee Magistrates’ Court , and the waiting rooms are crowded with people awaiting their scheduled appearance on the family violence list. Nervous energy crackles in the air.
Wyndham’s new courts have been built on the old state research farm, since branded the East Werribee Employment Precinct but still largely empty paddocks. It will have 13 courtrooms, four hearing rooms and three mediation suites. Among the cases to be heard in the building are hearings in the Magistrates’ Court, the Children’s Court and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
“This order is not about who gets to see the kids, etc. This order is about keeping you and the children safe. You can then work out your stuff under the umbrella of whatever protection we can give you. We keep the rain away so you can do your work,” Kilias says,But the rain is more like a flood. The next applicant – a woman seeking an order to stop her ex-partner contacting her and their 13-year-old daughter – has her case adjourned to July 2.
“In these circumstances, it may be considered that Wyndham Law Court users are being set up to fail.”The precinct will have several “therapeutic court lists” focused on rehabilitation, including a specialist family violence court. It was modelled on a similar neighbourhood justice centre in Collingwood, which had been found to have reduced reoffending, according to a 2018 discussion paper prepared for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
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