A new court attendance grant of $100 per day for both victims of sexual violence and their unpaid support person. Currently, victims of sexual violence can be paid for the time they spend testifying as a witness, but not for attending the rest of the trial.
An expanded travel assistance scheme of up to $1,000 for victims of serious crime for justice-related travel, for example, attending post-sentence restorative justice conferences, travel to court education for young victims, travel to meet victims advisors pre-trial, or travel to coronial hearings where a person has died as a result of a criminal act.
A means-tested emergency grant of up to $2,000 for economically disadvantaged victims of serious crime, including sexual assault. The grant will fund special assistance such as emergency accommodation, supplying security locks, trauma counselling, and relocation costs for victims of serious crime who have no way of supporting their own healing and recovery.