Today hundreds marched through the streets of Hobart against gendered based violence. This after the Tasmanian parliament recommitted to condemning it in all its forms.
Honourable Speaker, across Australia this year alone, 86 women that we know of have been killed by an intimate partner.
It is rare for parliament to be in agreement and it shows the seriousness of this issue and our commitment over the last decade and before for collective action and working
Deputy Speaker, I thank Ms Johnston for bringing on this bill and all the incredible work that she has done for it. The Greens will fully support it.
Is it not good when legislation comes before the Houses of parliament on which we can all agree? And we do all agree that this is a pretty straightforward amendment .....
It is notable that putting politics aside, as Tasmanian MPs have done for the past decade on the prevention of family, domestic and sexual violence, is sector celebrated.
It is 14 years after the Australian Law Reform Commission's landmark report recommended that injury to animals should be incorporated into each Australian jurisdiction's family ...
Obviously, something is not being done in terms of prevention and early intervention.
Can I ask, minister - and I might have missed it when it - it might have come up before when I was on my computer briefly.
Minister, I want to go to the level of funding that's provided to those really important organisations, I'm sure you'll agree, that support victim survivors, Laurel House and the Sexual Assault Support Service.