❓ Question regarding continued funding for the Joondalup family violence project following a concerning increase in domestic violence deaths. The Minister confirms commitment to evaluating and resourcing the project.
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The minister must surely be aware that six women in Western Australia have died in the past five months from domestic violence. Since the introduction of the Joondalup family violence project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have been reduced from seven last year to nil this year. My question is in three parts. (1) With a recorded increase in domestic violence and subsequent deaths, would the minister inform the Parliament whether the Government will continue funding the Joondalup family violence project after December when government funding runs out? (2) If the minister is of the view that the pilot project has not been successful, could a detailed analysis of the review of this project be given to the Parliament? (3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
(1) With a recorded increase in domestic violence and subsequent deaths, would the minister inform the Parliament whether the Government will continue funding the Joondalup family violence project after December when government funding runs out? (2) If the minister is of the view that the pilot project has not been successful, could a detailed analysis of the review of this project be given to the Parliament? (3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
(2) If the minister is of the view that the pilot project has not been successful, could a detailed analysis of the review of this project be given to the Parliament? (3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
(3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating?
(1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
(1) With a recorded increase in domestic violence and subsequent deaths, would the minister inform the Parliament whether the Government will continue funding the Joondalup family violence project after December when government funding runs out? (2) If the minister is of the view that the pilot project has not been successful, could a detailed analysis of the review of this project be given to the Parliament? (3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
(2) If the minister is of the view that the pilot project has not been successful, could a detailed analysis of the review of this project be given to the Parliament? (3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
(3) If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence, will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
I thank the member for some notice of this question.. The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
The preamble the member gave prior to referring to the question as having three parts was contained in the first part of the third part of the written question. What the member put to the relevant minister in parts (1) and (2) is correct, but my copy of the third part of her question reads - The Minister must be aware that six WA women have died from domestic violence in five months, and since the introduction of the Joondalup project, domestic violence deaths in Joondalup have reduced from seven years to nil. If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating? I mention that, Mr President, so that the answer I am about to give makes sense in respect of the question that is being put and that of which notice has been given, because I would hate it to be thought that I had engaged in misleading the House in any way. (1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
If the Government is committed to reducing domestic violence will the Government support the extra funding and resourcing required to keep this project operating?
(1)-(3) The Government remains committed to its election commitment that Labor supports the Family Violence Court pilot in Joondalup and will ensure that the project is adequately resourced. When established in December 1999 the then Attorney General made it clear that the pilot would operate for two years and then be subject to a proper evaluation. The Government intends to honour this commitment. This evaluation is scheduled to commence in October 2001 and be completed by December 2001.
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