❓ Mr Eatts questions the Minister on funding disparities for family and domestic violence refuges, contrasting a large investment in Stirling with perceived underfunding in Warren-Blackwood. The Minister responds by highlighting statewide investment and ongoing collaboration with Mr. Eatts' community.
AnsweredQoN 238Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Family and domestic
violence—Refuges
238. Mr Bevan Eatts to
the Minister for Prevention of Family and
Domestic Violence:
I refer to the
government's $18.1 million allocation in this year's state budget to fund
the redevelopment of a refuge within the City of Stirling with 15 new units.
(1) Can the minister confirm whether this
is in addition to the $22.6 million already committed to the Stirling Women's
Centre redevelopment, bringing the total investment in one metropolitan
location to over $40 million?
(2) Given the level of investment, can
the minister explain why my communities in Warren–Blackwood continue to miss
out on equivalent funding and support for our family and domestic violence
services?
violence—Refuges
238. Mr Bevan Eatts to
the Minister for Prevention of Family and
Domestic Violence:
I refer to the
government's $18.1 million allocation in this year's state budget to fund
the redevelopment of a refuge within the City of Stirling with 15 new units.
(1) Can the minister confirm whether this
is in addition to the $22.6 million already committed to the Stirling Women's
Centre redevelopment, bringing the total investment in one metropolitan
location to over $40 million?
(2) Given the level of investment, can
the minister explain why my communities in Warren–Blackwood continue to miss
out on equivalent funding and support for our family and domestic violence
services?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I thank the member for his question.
Indeed, I would like to thank all members in this place who have advocated to
me around family and domestic violence for their ongoing advocacy. It is an
important issue and I understand that it is widely and deeply felt in a number
of different electorates. I share the member's passion and will do as much as I
can to support women who are escaping family and domestic violence. I thank the
member for hosting me and my team from the Department of Communities last month
and for facilitating meetings with not only the service providers, but also the
councils down there.
It is clear that the member's
community is taking family and domestic violence seriously and is taking a
strong stance against it. As the member knows, the Department of Communities
staff who visited will continue to work with the member to provide local
solutions for his local issues. We recognise that many of the service
providers, particularly in regional Western Australia, face many different
pressures and challenges associated with those pressures. It is important to
note that currently we have 57 units funded in the pipeline for delivery in
remote and regional Western Australia. As I discussed with the member then,
Western Australia is a very big jurisdiction and we have to deliver units right
across the state. A majority of the units in the pipeline are in regional
Western Australia. This forms part of the biggest investment we have ever made
in family and domestic violence, with over $700 million invested since
2017.
Of the $109 million of
family and domestic violence funding that we announced last year,
$14.8 million has been invested to expand crisis accommodation for
victim-survivors, alongside the $45.8 million to strengthen the
system-wide response through the family and domestic violence
System Reform Plan. We have delivered 108 new units since coming to
government in 2017. That is an uplift of over 43%. We are coming off an
extraordinarily low base from the previous government. I commend the previous
ministers who did the work that I am now pleased to deliver across the state in
not only regional Western Australia, but also the metropolitan area.
Indeed, I would like to thank all members in this place who have advocated to
me around family and domestic violence for their ongoing advocacy. It is an
important issue and I understand that it is widely and deeply felt in a number
of different electorates. I share the member's passion and will do as much as I
can to support women who are escaping family and domestic violence. I thank the
member for hosting me and my team from the Department of Communities last month
and for facilitating meetings with not only the service providers, but also the
councils down there.
It is clear that the member's
community is taking family and domestic violence seriously and is taking a
strong stance against it. As the member knows, the Department of Communities
staff who visited will continue to work with the member to provide local
solutions for his local issues. We recognise that many of the service
providers, particularly in regional Western Australia, face many different
pressures and challenges associated with those pressures. It is important to
note that currently we have 57 units funded in the pipeline for delivery in
remote and regional Western Australia. As I discussed with the member then,
Western Australia is a very big jurisdiction and we have to deliver units right
across the state. A majority of the units in the pipeline are in regional
Western Australia. This forms part of the biggest investment we have ever made
in family and domestic violence, with over $700 million invested since
2017.
Of the $109 million of
family and domestic violence funding that we announced last year,
$14.8 million has been invested to expand crisis accommodation for
victim-survivors, alongside the $45.8 million to strengthen the
system-wide response through the family and domestic violence
System Reform Plan. We have delivered 108 new units since coming to
government in 2017. That is an uplift of over 43%. We are coming off an
extraordinarily low base from the previous government. I commend the previous
ministers who did the work that I am now pleased to deliver across the state in
not only regional Western Australia, but also the metropolitan area.
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