However it is run without resources relying on volunteers who conduct the Scheme in addition to their normal workload. It is not separately funded by the government. The Parramatta Scheme commenced in November 1993 as a pilot project administered by the Macquarie Legal Centre. Two solicitors and two support workers are on duty at Parramatta Local Court each Tuesday. One of the solicitors comes from the Domestic Violence Advocacy Service and the other from a roster of private solicitors.
All support workers are female community health or welfare workers.
Most of the referrals for the Scheme come from the Chamber Magistrate at Parramatta Local Court. The Burwood Community Welfare Service Centre has a similar domestic violence court scheme at Burwood Local Court in conjunction with the Victims Care Unit at Burwood police station. The scheme differs from others in that referrals are directed to the police prosecutors at the station rather than to community or private solicitors. The Scheme was funded in 1993 for one year by the Office for the Status of Women and is no longer operating. The Domestic Violence Co-ordinating Committee in Hobart has set up a scheme, based on the Redfern model as a pilot project for the next six months at the Hobart Court of Petty Sessions.