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Operating statement
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) provided financial services to Respect Victoria from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
A financial summary of expenditure for 2025-26 is presented below, with 2024-25 provided for comparison.
| 2025-26 $ | 2024-25 $ | |
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| REVENUE Output Appropriation Ballarat Community Saturation Model Total Revenue |
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| EXPENDITURE Communications, Engagement, Research and Evaluation Ballarat Community Saturation Model Salaries and on-costs Operating Expenses Contract Staff Total Operating Expenditure |
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| NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS | (2,372) | 15,707 |
Table 1: Operating Statement for the year ended 30 June 2025
Financial Performance and Business Review
Respect Victoria has reported a $2,372 deficit for the financial year to 30 June 2026.
Asset Management Accountability Framework Maturity Assessment
Respect Victoria does not have any assets for the purposes of the Asset Management and Accountability Framework.
Disclosure of grants and transfer payments
As part of the Respect Ballarat initiative, Respect Victoria supported a range of organisations to deliver prevention and early intervention projects that address the gendered drivers of violence in Ballarat. These projects fall under the Primary Prevention of Family Violence output.
Grant payments made in 2025-26 are listed in the tables below.
Ballarat Foundation - Respect Ballarat Grants
| Organisation | Project Title | Payment ($ excl. GST) |
|---|---|---|
| Centre for Multicultural Youth | Join Us For Change | 99,180 |
| Headspace Ballarat | Trade Voices: Understanding Help Seeking and Respect in FED TAFE | 100,000 |
| Ballarat Community Health | Expect Respect: Changing the script on relationships | 99,200 |
| Ballarat Community Health | Baby Makes 3 | 99,200 |
| Ballarat Community Health | Building Gender Equity in the Early Years | 73,309 |
| Ballarat Community Health | Positive Wellbeing in Sporting Clubs | 33,000 |
| Sports Central | Ballarat Allies in Sport | 90,000 |
| St Alipius Parish Ballarat East and Parishes of the Ministry District | Faith Communities Focusing on Prevention: Building Respectful Communities | 95,600 |
| Drummond Street Services QHub | Respectful Queer Relationships | 37,877 |
| Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault CASA | Culture of Respect Round: Central Highlands Football and Netball League | 99,847 |
| CatholicCare Victoria | Building Respect - Construction and Trades Culture Shift | 100,000 |
Total | 927,213 | |
Table 2: Ballarat Foundation - Respect Ballarat Grants
Respect Victoria - Respect Ballarat Grants
| Organisation | Project Title | Payment ($ excl. GST) |
|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Community Health | Equal from the Start: Expanding Gender Equity in Early Childhood | 180,000 |
| City of Ballarat | Baby Makes Three: Saturation Phase | 179,820 |
| Child and Family Services Ballarat | For Baby’s Sake: Reducing the Impact of Family Violence pre and post birth | 180,000 |
| Sports Central | Respect in Sport Ballarat | 180,000 |
| Ballarat Community Health | STRONG Trades: Reflective Supervision for Respectful Trade Workplaces | 171,000 |
| Big Brothers - Big Sisters Australia | Safe Futures Mentoring: Workplace Prevention | 179,577 |
| Allied Justice | Hannah’s Voice | 169,927 |
| Child and Family Services Ballarat | Primary Connections: Respectful and Safe Relationships in Middle Childhood | 166,500 |
| City of Ballarat | Early Years Settings Lead – Family Violence Prevention | 142,521 |
| City of Ballarat | Community Sport Settings Lead | 142,271 |
| Women’s Health Grampians | Building a Gender and Disability Safe and Respectful Community | 75,000 |
Total | 1,766,616 | |
Table 3: Respect Victoria – Respect Ballarat Grants
Consultancy Expenditure
Consultancies $10,000 or greater
In 2025‑26, there were no consultancies in this category.
Consultancies less than $10,000
In 2025-26, there were no consultancies engaged during the year where the total fees payable to the individual consultancy was less than $10,000.
Information and Communication Technology Expenditure
Information and communication technology expenditure for the 2025-26 financial year totalled $10,704, a summary of which is shown in Table 4.
| Business as Usual ($ excl. GST) | Non-business as Usual ($ excl. GST) | Non-business as Usual Operational expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Non-business as Usual Capital expenditure ($ excl. GST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10,704 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table 4: ICT Expenditure
Advertising Expenditure
Advertising $100,000 or greater
Advertising expenditure relating to Respect Victoria’s campaigns with individual costs greater than $100,000 is detailed in Table 5.
| Name of campaign | Campaign summary | Start / end date | Advertising (media) expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Creative and campaign development expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Research expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Post-campaign evaluation expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Print and collateral expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Other campaign expenditure ($ excl. GST) | Total ($ excl. GST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Kind of Man Do You Want to Be? | The What Kind of Man Do You Want to Be? campaign is Respect Victoria’s primary prevention initiative that engages men aged 18-44 to reflect on the pressures of traditional masculinity and the role they can play in building respectful, equal relationships and preventing violence against women. In 2025-26, the campaign expanded to include culturally adapted resources in Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Punjabi, supporting greater engagement with multicultural communities across Victoria. | Oct 2025–Jun 2026 | Approved: $500,000 | Planned: $366,000 | Planned: $0 | Planned: $97,000 | Planned: $0 | Planned: $20,000 | Planned: $983,000 |
| Actual:$500,000 | Actual: $345,656 | Actual: $0 | Actual: $81,087 | Actual: $2,581 | Actual: $20,775 | Actual: $950,099 |
Table 5: Advertising expenditure valued at $100,000 or greater
Reviews and Studies Expenditure
During 2025-26 there were six reviews and studies undertaken with a total cost of $774,427. Details of individual reviews and studies are outlined below.
| Name of review/study | Reasons for review/study | Terms of reference/scope | Timeline | Anticipated outcomes | Estimated cost for the year ($ excl. GST) | Final cost if completed ($ excl. GST) | Publicly available (Y/N) and URL |
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| Audience Segmentation | To develop an evidence-informed guide to best practice prevention messaging that supports organisations across Victoria, including Respect Victoria, to effectively engage different audiences in primary prevention. | The project focuses on consolidating Respect Victoria’s existing evidence base by documenting the insights, learnings and behavioural evidence generated through previous campaigns, research and media activity, using a mix of qualitative (i.e. focus groups) and quantitative (i.e. statistical) data. | Jul 2023– TBC | A consolidated knowledge resource that captures Respect Victoria’s institutional expertise and strengthens the evidence base for future campaign development and prevention messaging. | $66,558 | NA – still underway | N |
| 16 Days of Activism 2025 Evaluation | The 16 Days of Activism grassroots funding supported diverse, community-led initiatives across Victoria, empowering local organisations and communities to engage their LGAs and local communities in preventing gender-based violence. | Assess the effectiveness, reach and impact of the 16 Days of Activism grassroots funding program in 2025. | Nov 2025– Feb 2026 | Examine how funded organisations engaged their communities, the types of activities delivered, alignment with campaign objectives and identified lessons for improving future rounds of funding, including equity of access, partnership development and long-term capacity building. | $45,000 | $45,000 | Y (on request) |
| AI-generated imagery and tech-facilitated abuse in school research project | To build evidence about risks and protective factors for peer-to-peer gendered harms related to AI-generated images experienced by young people in schools. To use research findings to nuance policy and practice conversations about primary prevention and digital ecologies. To test a model of research partnership between Respect Victoria and a practice-oriented sector partner. | A small scoping study, implemented in partnership with Body Safety Australia, which uses findings from focus group discussions with Body Safety Australia staff to explore the implications of growing use of generative AI in the context of tech-facilitated gender-based violence in Victorian schools. | Nov 2024– Oct 2025 | A working paper report from the research, a webinar launch, and proposed further research to explore themes raised in this study in more depth. | $10,000 | $49,867 | Y |
| Three-Year Report to Parliament on progress in prevention | Under the Prevention of Family Violence Act 2018, Respect Victoria is required to report to the Victorian Parliament every three years on trends, progress and outcomes in Victoria's collective efforts to prevent family violence and violence against women. | The most recent report, tabled in December 2025, covered activity between January 2022 and December 2024. To develop the report, Respect Victoria undertook a wide-ranging review and consultation process, which included: key informant interviews; consultations; a practitioner survey; high-level review of published and unpublished reports and evaluations; and analysis of data measures incorporated in the Prevention of Family Violence Data Platform and other sources. | Feb 2024– Dec 2025 | The final report was tabled in Parliament in December 2025, accompanied by a launch event in Parliament House and a suite of video case studies and communications collateral. The report provides a comprehensive picture of the current state of prevention, analysis of current challenges and opportunities, and recommendations to ensure ongoing impact and progress towards preventing gendered violence in Victoria. | $33,324 | $158,260 | Y |
| Respect Ballarat – Longitudinal Survey | The longitudinal survey will measure upstream indicators across six target behaviours, aligned with the Respect Ballarat Theory of Change. These are measures of the social, normative and relational conditions that may support or constrain safer, more respectful behaviour in Ballarat, and how these conditions shift over time. | Survey participants are recruited face-to-face for their participation once per year for three years. The survey is completed online and is entirely voluntary and confidential. The survey asks participants about community views, respect, equality and safety and does not ask about personal experiences of violence. The survey aims to reach 1100 participants over 18 to achieve a representative sample of the Ballarat LGA. | Apr 2026– Dec 2028 | The survey will tell the story of where Ballarat is starting, where the social environment looks supportive, where it looks contested, and whether those conditions shift over time. | $354,545 | NA – still underway | Y |
| Respect Ballarat Evaluation | To build the evidence base of what works to prevent gendered violence and violence against women before it occurs. | To provide an independent evaluation of the Respect Ballarat initiative, focused on implementation, outcomes and impact, and value for money. First annual report at end 2026. Subsequent annual reports in following years. | Jun 2026– Oct 2028 | Identify areas of success for Respect Ballarat based on Theory of Change and Domains of Change. Examine components of Respect Ballarat design and delivery that have contributed to positive outcomes. | $265,000 | NA – still underway | N |
Table 6: Reviews and studies expenditure