Safer families levy

The Safer Families Levy has been established to provide community support and to raise awareness of domestic violence in the ACT Community. The ACT Government is committed to the prevention of family and domestic violence and taking action on the intolerance of this issue.

The ACT Government is committed to programs to stop family and domestic violence. Programs include:

• Improving outcomes for victims of domestic violence and their families.
• Raising awareness and working with the wider community.
• Integrated case management and coordination of services for victims of family violence.
• Enhancing the quality assurance and improved decision making of child protection services.
• Investment in translation and interpreting services in ACT courts and Tribunal and family violence specialist services.
• Assist victims seeking to escape family violence with immediate expenses.
• Improving legal services for victims of family violence.

For 2023-24, the ACT Government has increased the levy to $45 (from $40 in 2022-23). The ACT Government announced that this is part of a staged increase to the Safer Families Levy of $5 per year over four years, taking the Levy to $50 per household in 2024-25. The Levy increase will go directly to funding initiatives.

The 2021-22 Budget detailed the expanded programs that will be delivered through the increase to the Safer Families Levy.

Reference Material

Further information on the Safer Families Levy can be located using the information below:

• ACT Budget 2016-17
• Taxation Administration (Safer Families Levy) Determination 2016 (No1) DI2016-219
• Taxation Administration (Amounts Payable - Safer Families Levy) Determination 2021 DI2021-176
• Taxation Administration (Amounts Payable - Rates) Determination 2022 DI2022-162
• Taxation Administration (Amounts Payable—Rates) Determination 2023 DI2023-160