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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 492 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2020 by Mr A. Krsticevic

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — FUNDING

492. Mr A. KRSTICEVIC to the Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence:

I have a supplementary question. To get things in perspective, we are talking about the 18 organisations, minister. Did the minister request additional funding from the Premier and Treasurer for the important family and domestic violence counselling, advocacy and support services contracts; and, if so, why did they refuse to provide additional funding?

Ms S.F. McGURK replied:

I have been working very hard ever since I was sworn in at Government House, three and a half years ago, to make sure that we understand what the priorities are for the services that respond to domestic violence in our state. As I said, there is a lot of work to do.

Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.

The SPEAKER: Member for Carine, you are on three.

Ms S.F. McGURK: There is a lot of work to do to keep victims of domestic violence safe, to make sure that perpetrators are held to account, that our justice system is responsive to the particular dynamics involved—there is no better example of that than the significant law reform before the WA Parliament that will be considered by the other place this afternoon—and to make sure that violence is stopped before it starts, with programs such as 16 days in WA and Respectful Relationships in schools. I am very proud that $53 million of new funding has been delivered to the sector. As I said, there is a lot of work to do. The previous government left us with a lot of work to do but we are getting on working in partnership with the sector and the community to stop domestic violence in WA.