❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks about specific service gaps identified in the WA Family and Domestic Violence Refuge Service System review, broken down by individual shelter in both metropolitan and regional WA. The answer states gaps were identified across the sector as a whole, not by individual service, listing several vulnerable groups.
AnsweredQoN 731Legislative Council
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I refer to the Summary Report Review of the Family and Domestic Violence Refuge Service System in Western Australia where it states "This process has identified a number of service gaps in the women’s and domestic violence refuge system in metropolitan as well as in regional and remote Western Australia", and I ask: (a) which service gaps (by individual shelter/refuge) were identified in the Perth metropolitan region; and (b) which service gaps (by individual shelter/refuge) were identified in regional Western Australia?
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Answered
19 March 2014
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
29 days
(a-b) Service gaps were identified across the sector as a whole and not by individual service:
· women with larger families;
· women with older boys;
· women with complex needs/dual diagnosis;
· women experiencing homelessness for reasons other than domestic violence as the primary cause;
· women with a disability;
· women from culturally and diverse backgrounds; and
· women without permanent residency and/or eligibility for Centrelink entitlements.
· women with larger families;
· women with older boys;
· women with complex needs/dual diagnosis;
· women experiencing homelessness for reasons other than domestic violence as the primary cause;
· women with a disability;
· women from culturally and diverse backgrounds; and
· women without permanent residency and/or eligibility for Centrelink entitlements.
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