required for increased effectiveness and to ensure victims of family violence receive the relevant care to a required standard. The NGO sector shoulders much of the responsibility which Government should bear and this must be rectified either through direct Government intervention, financial and other support of existing services or a combination of the two. The establishment of the Family Violence Prevention Office and the Family Violence Prevention Strategy will provide the framework for this to happen, and must ensure effective inter-agency coordination, sector training, improved and standardized data collection and enforcement and monitoring of minimum standards. The Government must be sensitive in its approach to this area, respecting the work which has been done largely on its behalf in the years when it has been failing in its own responsibility. The overall approach to family violence should therefore seek to entrench existing best practices within the NGO sector through Government support and assistance and identify gaps and areas when added value can be achieved. RECOMMENDATION 33: Government to take a pro-active role in strengthening and coordinating the Non-Government Organisation sector response to family violence.      Coordination mechanism established. Establishment of national service standards for NGOs in relation to family violence prevention and protection, and monitoring of those standards. Training and capacity building for NGO sector. Development of standardized data collection system. Financial and technical support. 16. Triggers 16.1 Alcohol INQUIRY FINDING 42: The common misconception of alcohol as a ‘cause’ rather than a ‘trigger’ contributes to the culture of impunity, allowing perpetrators to ‘blame the booze’ rather than take personal responsibility for their actions. This misconception also deflects attention from the true causes of family violence – gender inequality and power and control. INQUIRY FINDING 43: Abuse of alcohol is a trigger for family violence and by addressing alcohol abuse and misuse the prevalence of violence generally in society can be reduced.