Ms FYLES - 2015-02-25
There were 864 reported domestic violence assaults in Alice Springs last year. Early this month, the Chief Minister told the Alice Springs CLP Branch:
Do you agree with the Chief Minister that domestic violence workers are no longer needed in Alice Springs?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nightcliff for her question. This government plans to reduce violence against women and their children.
I want to talk about the Second Action Plan launched in Alice Springs in September 2014. This event was hosted by the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Senator Michaelia Cash, and me. The Second Action Plan runs from 2013-16 and contains 26 practical actions, which all governments agree are critical if we are to move ahead and improve women’s safety.
This plan has a strong focus on women and communities with diverse experiences of violence, such as Indigenous women, remote women, culturally and linguistically diverse women and women with disabilities. There is also a strong focus on strengthening and integrating services and systems, and improving responses to perpetrators.
The Office of Women’s Policy provides direct input and represents the Northern Territory government on a Second Action Plan implementation group, as well as the data improvement working group and the perpetrator intervention working group. The Office of Women’s Policy is a member and provides input to the cross-government working group that has developed, and is now implementing the whole-of-government Northern Territory Domestic and Family Violence Reduction Strategy 2014-17: Safety is Everyone’s Right.
We are currently consulting with 1800RESPECT to develop a national mobile phone app for women at risk of sexual assault and domestic family violence …
Ms FYLES: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. I asked a direct question; do you agree with the Chief Minister that domestic violence workers are no longer needed in Alice Springs?
Madam SPEAKER: The minister has three minutes to reply. Minister, will you get to the point of the question.
Mrs PRICE: As I mentioned earlier, we are here to reduce violence against women and their children. This government will make sure women and children are being protected. That is what I am passionate about, and I will make sure it happens.
- There are a lot of people who work in sobering up shelters and all of these things that respond to alcohol, that respond to dealing with cases of domestic violence and all of those people are not needed here …
Do you agree with the Chief Minister that domestic violence workers are no longer needed in Alice Springs?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nightcliff for her question. This government plans to reduce violence against women and their children.
I want to talk about the Second Action Plan launched in Alice Springs in September 2014. This event was hosted by the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Senator Michaelia Cash, and me. The Second Action Plan runs from 2013-16 and contains 26 practical actions, which all governments agree are critical if we are to move ahead and improve women’s safety.
This plan has a strong focus on women and communities with diverse experiences of violence, such as Indigenous women, remote women, culturally and linguistically diverse women and women with disabilities. There is also a strong focus on strengthening and integrating services and systems, and improving responses to perpetrators.
The Office of Women’s Policy provides direct input and represents the Northern Territory government on a Second Action Plan implementation group, as well as the data improvement working group and the perpetrator intervention working group. The Office of Women’s Policy is a member and provides input to the cross-government working group that has developed, and is now implementing the whole-of-government Northern Territory Domestic and Family Violence Reduction Strategy 2014-17: Safety is Everyone’s Right.
We are currently consulting with 1800RESPECT to develop a national mobile phone app for women at risk of sexual assault and domestic family violence …
Ms FYLES: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. I asked a direct question; do you agree with the Chief Minister that domestic violence workers are no longer needed in Alice Springs?
Madam SPEAKER: The minister has three minutes to reply. Minister, will you get to the point of the question.
Mrs PRICE: As I mentioned earlier, we are here to reduce violence against women and their children. This government will make sure women and children are being protected. That is what I am passionate about, and I will make sure it happens.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016