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NSW government to unveil emergency domestic violence package within days as experts say a decade of reports contain solutions
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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5/3/2024
Ministers heard from prominent advocates including former Australian of the year Rosie batty, NSW women's safety commissioner Hannah Tonkin and Victorian Royal Commission into family violence commissioner Marcia Neave.
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There was no confirmed announcement out of today's special meeting here in Martin Place
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this morning. However, Deputy Premier Prue Carr, who led the meeting, said today will
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form part of what will become an emergency response package which the people of New South
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Wales can expect in the coming days. Advocates like Rosie Batty, Hannah Tonkin and Marcia
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Neve handed down their lived experience to the Cabinet this morning. Minister Carr said
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it was a deeply moving experience listening to what they had to say. She said there is
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still the potential for a Royal Commission in New South Wales into domestic violence.
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However, there is enough information needed to form a response. She also said that targeted
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intervention in regional areas where domestic violence rates are the highest will also be
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a priority of this package.
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Out of today, we have clearly heard three very clear things. That we need to invest
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very clearly in crisis responses and frontline services for women who are fleeing domestic
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and family violence, who are fleeing violent homes, violent partners, violent relationships.
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But that we need to do better in primary prevention and in early intervention. We will be talking
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about the medium and the long term actions that we need to invest in and drive as a government
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in terms of driving the cultural change to stop women from dying and to stop women from
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being victims of domestic violence, family violence and violence in their intimate relationships.
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The Victorian Royal Commission over a decade ago was a key talking point for advocate Rosie
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Batty because she says that's where change to gender based violence in her state began.
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She believes that's the way forward for New South Wales in lowering what has been an increasing
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death rate.
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And I'm very, very passionate about the emphasis of respectful relationships in schools, starting
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as early as creche, kinder, early learning. I think without recognising the intergenerational
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impacts on young people of violence, we will never see this scourge on our society.
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Today's meeting was called after a sharp spike in the number of women killed under domestic
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violence circumstances this year. Forbes local Molly Ticehurst, who was allegedly killed
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by her former partner last month, was the 25th woman to die through gender based violence
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in Australia this year so far. Her accused killer Daniel Billings was on bail at the
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time of her death. Premier Chris Mins trekked to Forbes in the state's central west yesterday
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to attend her funeral, which was an incredibly sombre occasion full of flowers and photographs.
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The New South Wales Council for Social Services says 2,500 reports of domestic violence are
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handed to police each month in New South Wales. However, that number could be 40% higher due
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to underreporting.
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A couple of days after Molly was killed, the Premier announced that advice would be sought
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from the Crown Advocate in relation to urgent bail reform in relation to bail laws, and
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that advice is expected to be handed down later this month.
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