Queensland Government Announces $50 Million Investment in Domestic and Family Violence Initiatives

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The Queensland government has announced more than $50 million to be invested in domestic and family violence initiatives, including primary prevention, DFV training and a new peak body for the sector.

Speaking at a press conference in Brisbane, Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath said support for individuals, overwhelmingly women and children, escaping domestic and family violence is important, but it’s not enough to address the issue.

A key component of the plan is engaging men and boys in primary prevention efforts. This will include a statewide peer-to-peer program providing training to young people to promote healthier masculinity, and build healthy relationship skills and social connections.“We have spent so long teaching girls and women how to protect themselves, how to avoid being harmed, how to go walking in their own community safely, day or night.

Twenty-three-year-old Hannah McGuire, whose body was found in a burnt out car on Friday, April 5 near the Victorian town of Ballarat. “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 11 times more likely to die because of family violence. Two in five women in Queensland have experienced physical and or sexual violence since the age of 15.The Queensland government also announced a new peak body for the state’s DFV sector: the Queensland Council of Social Service.

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