A high price to pay

PwC have partnered with Our Watch and VicHealth to develop this important report on the costs and benefits of preventing violence against women. Our Watch and VicHealth are organisations at the forefront of preventing violence against women and the report has benefited greatly from their input and partnership.

The cost of violence against women is high and increasing in Australia. Violence against women costs an estimated $21.7 billion a year, with victims bearing the primary burden of this cost. Governments (national and State and Territory) bear the second biggest cost burden, estimated at $7.8 billion a year, comprising health, administration and social welfare costs.

If no further action is taken to prevent violence against women, we estimate that costs will accumulate to $323.4 billion over a thirty year period from 2014-15 to 2044-45.

Resource: A high price to pay: The economic case for preventing violence against women