premier of South Australia, who in turn brought it to the attention of the Commissioner of Police. As a direct consequence of the coroner's recommendations, the Women's Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service (WDVCAS) was launched in 2015, which provides victims with free legal advice and is funded by the Victims of Crime levy. In South Australia, between 2014 and 2015, the overall crime figures fell to 2010 levels, while the domestic violence incidents increased by 8%, from 6720 in 2014 to 7740 in 2015. On 12 April 2016, a parliamentary committee issued a report into the domestic violence problem in South Australia. With it, the committee also issued 35 recommendations to help the government tackle the problem. The committee recommended that more funding for crisis accommodation should be provided; there should be consistency of intervention orders to protect the victim across state borders; and there was a need for more education for magistrates and GPs to deal with the victims of domestic violence. The Attorney-General of South Australia also issued eight discussion papers relating to domestic violence. As part of the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme, the Government of South Australia provided A$1.3m to SA Police to implement a system to share information on domestic violence orders with other jurisdictions of Australia in its 2016–2017 budget. By comparison to the other Australian states, SAPOL had fewer powers in dealing with domestic violence , but as of 1 January 2019 a raft of new laws targeting the perpetrators of domestic violence came into effect, giving authorities stronger tools to tackle repeat and serious offenders. Tasmania In 2003 the Tasmanian Government released Options Paper Safe at Home: A Criminal Justice Framework for Responding to Family Violence in Tasmania. Its aim was to provide a framework for the discussion of legislative and justice-related service delivery options. Before this, in Tasmania the term family violence" or "domestic violence" was not defined in legislation. The term "family violence" has been preferred to the other. The paper analysed actions and legislation of the other states and has set the standards for the action against family violence in Tasmania. The Family Violence Act 2004 was adopted on 17 December 2004. it referred only to the context of a spouse or partner relationship. In the Family Violence Act 2004, as opposed to the national Family Law Act 1975 and other states such as Victoria where family violence has