Just a question around the Family and Sexual Violence Action Plan and what measures you are using to indicate how successful that is to keep it contemporary.
Minister, I just want to circle back to some questions from the Legislative Council Estimates yesterday.
I can indicate that the Greens will be supporting this bill, as we did with the similar legislation that we passed before the state election. I want to acknowledge Faith and family, and I am also very aware of the advocacy you did over the years.
On behalf of the Greens, I was proud to join hundreds of Tasmanians from all walks of life at Parliament Lawns today to call for an urgent and meaningful response to the family and gendered violence epidemic.
A devastating new report from Impact Economics and Policy shows hundreds of Tasmanian women are becoming homeless because of a lack of suitable housing. More than half of these women, many with children, have been forced to return to a violent partner to have a roof over their heads.
Yesterday’s devastating statistics on Tasmanian teens experiencing domestic abuse demonstrates the need for greater Government funding into early intervention and outreach programmes.
It is thanks to the courage of victims/survivors and advocates that the gendered and family violence epidemic has been put squarely in the spotlight.
The Tasmanian Greens offer our strong support and solidarity for the victim-survivors of family violence, and honour those who lost their lives, ahead of today’s national cabinet meeting and tonight’s candlelight vigils.
Minister, the federal government allocated $169.4 million nationally to the Department of Social Services for 500 new frontline services.
There is increasing recognition of the incredibly important role of animals in victim-survivors escaping domestic violence, and in homelessness.
