❓ Mr. Healy asks about the McGowan government's 16 Days in WA campaign to stop violence against women. The Minister outlines the government's financial commitment and highlights community leader involvement in prevention and early intervention.
AnsweredQoN 1080Legislative Assembly
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16 DAYS IN WA TO STOP
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
1080. Mr T.J. HEALY to the Minister for Prevention of Family
and Domestic Violence:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's ongoing commitment to both stop family and domestic
violence and supporting survivors. Can the minister outline how the government's
16 Days in WA to Stop Violence against Women campaign will help make a difference
for vulnerable Western Australians?
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
1080. Mr T.J. HEALY to the Minister for Prevention of Family
and Domestic Violence:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's ongoing commitment to both stop family and domestic
violence and supporting survivors. Can the minister outline how the government's
16 Days in WA to Stop Violence against Women campaign will help make a difference
for vulnerable Western Australians?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question
and all members in this place who have an interest in this issue. It is one
thing to say that we want to stop our high rates of domestic violence in this
state. It is another thing to think about how we will achieve that. As a government,
we have done a lot. We have appointed a dedicated minister and allocated
significant new resources to respond after violence occurs. Members would be
aware that we took a platform of specific initiatives to the election and are
working our way through meeting those election commitments. We committed $21 million
of new funding to those commitments and through the budget process have now
allocated over $53 million of new funding to combating domestic violence.
The 16 Days in WA to Stop Violence
against Women campaign focuses on prevention and early intervention. We all
have a role to play. Again, that is an easy comment to make, but it is another
thing to take the time to work through our own spheres of influence, either in
our work as parliamentarians, or to put the call to the community to ask people
what they are doing in their workplaces, community groups, amongst friends and
in their families to make sure that people understand how violence occurs, the
extent of domestic violence in our community and how domestic violence looks. I
would like to particularly thank the community leaders who have been part of
this campaign, which is now into its third
year. They have stepped up and said that they will do their bit to make sure
that people understand that domestic
violence in all its forms is unacceptable. Yesterday, at the event at Optus
Stadium— I thank members here who are able to attend along with
the Premier and the Governor—the captain of the Wildcats, Damien
Martin, was an example of a community leader and an influencer who is prepared
to stand up and say that he wants better for his community, and particularly
wants better for his girls—his two daughters and his partner. I was
pleased last night to have Jimmy Barnes endorse the campaign on social media.
For those members who have not read his book, Working Class Boy , it is a
compelling read that can help people understand the effect that violence and
aggression in a household can have on children. I thank him for his endorsement
of the campaign.
There
was also someone there who was not on my radar, because she is a social media
influencer—that is not a world I am that familiar with—she
was an ex-contestant on The Bachelor , and, more importantly, she is a youth
worker and an Indigenous person and activist, and has over 200 000 followers on
Instagram, and that is Brooke Blurton. Today she presented a fantastic short
video endorsing the campaign. I thank her for her advocacy. We have got a lot of other people from various walks of life to
get on board to understand how domestic violence manifests and how we
all have a role to play to say that it is not acceptable and we have to stamp
it out in our community. WA has high levels of violence, and 16 Days in WA is
an opportunity to stop it before it starts.
and all members in this place who have an interest in this issue. It is one
thing to say that we want to stop our high rates of domestic violence in this
state. It is another thing to think about how we will achieve that. As a government,
we have done a lot. We have appointed a dedicated minister and allocated
significant new resources to respond after violence occurs. Members would be
aware that we took a platform of specific initiatives to the election and are
working our way through meeting those election commitments. We committed $21 million
of new funding to those commitments and through the budget process have now
allocated over $53 million of new funding to combating domestic violence.
The 16 Days in WA to Stop Violence
against Women campaign focuses on prevention and early intervention. We all
have a role to play. Again, that is an easy comment to make, but it is another
thing to take the time to work through our own spheres of influence, either in
our work as parliamentarians, or to put the call to the community to ask people
what they are doing in their workplaces, community groups, amongst friends and
in their families to make sure that people understand how violence occurs, the
extent of domestic violence in our community and how domestic violence looks. I
would like to particularly thank the community leaders who have been part of
this campaign, which is now into its third
year. They have stepped up and said that they will do their bit to make sure
that people understand that domestic
violence in all its forms is unacceptable. Yesterday, at the event at Optus
Stadium— I thank members here who are able to attend along with
the Premier and the Governor—the captain of the Wildcats, Damien
Martin, was an example of a community leader and an influencer who is prepared
to stand up and say that he wants better for his community, and particularly
wants better for his girls—his two daughters and his partner. I was
pleased last night to have Jimmy Barnes endorse the campaign on social media.
For those members who have not read his book, Working Class Boy , it is a
compelling read that can help people understand the effect that violence and
aggression in a household can have on children. I thank him for his endorsement
of the campaign.
There
was also someone there who was not on my radar, because she is a social media
influencer—that is not a world I am that familiar with—she
was an ex-contestant on The Bachelor , and, more importantly, she is a youth
worker and an Indigenous person and activist, and has over 200 000 followers on
Instagram, and that is Brooke Blurton. Today she presented a fantastic short
video endorsing the campaign. I thank her for her advocacy. We have got a lot of other people from various walks of life to
get on board to understand how domestic violence manifests and how we
all have a role to play to say that it is not acceptable and we have to stamp
it out in our community. WA has high levels of violence, and 16 Days in WA is
an opportunity to stop it before it starts.
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