More than $3 million to address family violence in Alice Springs
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments will invest more than $3 million in a pilot project to reduce family violence and help make homes, families and communities in Alice Springs safer.
On the 20th of December 2011, Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, Northern Territory Minister for Central Australia, Karl Hampton and Member for Lingiari Warren Snowdon announced the funding as part of the Alice Springs Transformation Plan.
“Too many Indigenous people still live in circumstances that are compromised by violence,” Ms Macklin said.
“In 2010, Northern Territory Department of Justice crime statistics showed that family violence made up 56 per cent of assaults in Alice Springs. Indigenous women accounted for 56 per cent of all assault victims.
“This is unacceptable. All Australians should be able to lead lives that are safe and free from violence.”
The three-year pilot will develop an integrated approach to family violence by linking government and local agencies together, including the Alice Springs Women’s Shelter, National Association of Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Tangentyere Council, Central Australia Aboriginal Congress, local legal services and the NPY Women’s Council.
“The safety of women and children is our number one priority. This project will help to keep women and children safe and promote behavioural change for offenders,” Ms Macklin said.
The project will teach young people about respectful relationships and introduce a new Family Safety Framework allowing agencies to work together to make women safer and give coordinated support to women and children at risk of violence.
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