Child Protection Minister Helen Morton has welcomed the launch of the Second Action Plan (2013-2016) of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children (2010-2022) by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).
Launched by Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Sydney yesterday, it is the second of four action plans that will drive the National Plan and contains strategies to strengthen existing initiatives, as well as introduces new programs and actions to reduce violence against women and their children.
The Second Action Plan contains a range of practical actions for improving women’s safety, as well as the five national priorities which are:
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Driving the whole of community action to prevent violence
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Understanding diverse experiences of violence
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Supporting innovative services and integrated systems
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Improving perpetrator interventions
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Continuing to build the evidence base
This week also saw the Law Reform Commission’s report, Enhancing Family and Domestic Violence Laws, tabled in State Parliament. The Western Australian Government is currently reviewing the 73 recommendations, including new family violence protection orders for domestic violence victims.
Click on the link below to read more details of the media statement by Mrs Morton.
