To be eligible for financial assistance, the FAS must be satisfied that a primary or secondary victim was a victim of a relevant offence. The following offences are some of the most common types of relevant offences for the purposes of a FAS application:
- homicide (including murder and manslaughter)
- culpable driving causing death or serious injury
- assault
- recklessly or intentionally causing injury or serious injury
- carjacking and aggravated carjacking
- robbery and armed robbery
- make threat to kill or inflict serious injury
- stalking and online stalking
- image-based sexual offences
- sexual offences against children
- child abuse material offences, including involving a child in the production of child abuse material
- conduct endangering life
- conduct inflicting serious injury
- sexual offences, including:
- rape or assault with intent to rape
- sexual assault
- threat to commit a sexual offence
- procuring a sexual act by threat or fraud
- administering an intoxicating substance for a sexual purpose
- home invasion or aggravated home invasion when the victim is present in the home
- aggravated burglary when the victim is present in the home
- sexual offences against persons with cognitive impairment or mental illness
- incest offences
- child stealing or kidnapping
- false imprisonment
- sexual servitude offences
- breaching or contravening intervention orders when the offender uses violence or threats of violence
As this is not an exhaustive list, a relevant offence for the purposes of showing a violent act occurred also includes any of the following:
- any offence under Subdivision (4A), (8A), (8B), (8C), (8D), (8E), (8F), (8FAA), (8FAAB) or (8FA) of Division 1 of Part I of the Crimes Act 1958 or any corresponding previous enactment
- any offence against Division 4A of Part I of the Summary Offences Act 1966
- an offence punishable by imprisonment that involves assault on, or injury or threat of injury, to a person, or
- an offence of conspiracy to commit, incitement to commit or attempt to commit any of these offences listed above.
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