Budget papers show domestic and family violence prevention funding falling to 340.7 million dollars in 2026-27: down 38.5 million on last year's allocation, and 15.8 million below what was actually spent. Funded full time positions drop from 93 to 81. Over the same period Queensland Police recorded domestic violence murders rising from 21 in 2023-24 to 25 in 2024-25.

The Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Alliance, the state's new peak body, says it was never told about a 22 million dollar underspend or given any explanation for the fall. Minister Amanda Camm did not explain the cuts. Counselling is funded at 167 dollars an hour against a 193 dollar cost. QCOSS says funding for Housing Connectors, which helps victim survivors manage safety and get housing, has not been continued at all.

Reported by The Sunday Mail on 12 July 2026 from the budget papers. Natalie Hinton, whose daughter Tara Brown was murdered in 2015 and who now works in a women's refuge, called it shocking, and said there are women screaming to get into refuges.