$100m funding

[bluecat*dancing]

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/09/24/06/45/prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-to-commit-41m-to-t...

Mr Turnbull and Ms Cash were joined by domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty and former Victoria Police commissioner Ken Lay in Melbourne today to announce the package.

 Some key aspects of the new package are:

• $17m to expanding existing programs aimed at keeping women safe at the home, including improving access to CCTV and locks.

• $5m to the 1800 RESPECT hotline

• $2m to MensLine services • $21m to help Indigenous women and those in remote communities

• A $12m trial with state governments to use GPS tracking for high-risk domestic violence offenders

• $5m to 20,000 mobile phones across Australia for women whose access to technology is compromised

• $5m to developing and improving the Safe Schools website

• Improved training for frontline services, including general practitioners, doctors, nurse, magistrates and police

• Identifying domestic violence hotspots

 Mr T

urnbull said disrespect of women was a key root cause of family violence and needed to be addressed. "This is a big cultural shift," he said. "Of course, the vast majority of men do respect women. But many do not. "We must make it un-Australian to disrespect women. "We must become a country which is known for its respect of women."

[bluecat*dancing]

I think that you may be reading more into it  than there is.  Victims of DV will have a different perspective than those who are not, and, even then there will be variables. It is a very complex issue and there is no "one size fits all" answer as different people will require different thing. The main thing is that women, and children, are safe, and provided with the means to do so, ad given the support that they need. This costs money. It may seem feely touchy to you but in reality is a necessity.

[tw.au24]

Actually, money can make a big diffrence if put into the right areas. Many times domestic violence victims don't have a place to go. Hopelessness, dread, trapped, verbal abuse and threats ongoing somethimes for weeks can take it's toll on anyone. Funds for DV shelters can be a life saver figuritavly for many and for some litterally. Living with someone who is ill tempered, and declares they will do something to your food and that you better not go to sleep, just isn't something anyone with money and resorces chooses to do.

[moonflyte]

I don't have a biased opinion. Maybe that's something you should look to yourself for seeing as you are so interested in what makes people tick.

I'm sure you can get a plethora of opinions that you think gives you an insight into any poster on here, I'll be looking forward to the results of your study.

[the_great_she_elephant]

I don't have a biased opinion.

So if Tony Abbott had proposed this new initiative would you still have scoffed at it and called it 'touchy feely.'

[moonflyte]

I did not “ scoff  ” at it, that  is your interpretation.

[bushies.girl]

Perhaps a portion of it needs to be allocated to alleviate the violence seen at the football in WA  .... It appears alcohol was one of the contributing factors which led to the vicious assault on a woman at the game   ..... Seems no where is safe these days 😞    .... I hope he gets some serious gaol time  for what he did to that lady and in front of her kids as well

[lloydslights]

I have not been personally or known anyone involved in domestic violence.  

It has often confused me, that it is the wife/mother/children that are forced to leave the home and not the actual  perpetrator.  

In my ignorance, would it not be cheaper and less of an upheaval to have them remain with a "bodyguard" stay with them?  And the single perpetrator be housed in a boarding house?

DEB

[polksaladallie]

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@bluecat*stopsdancing wrote:

I think that you may be reading more into it  than there is.  Victims of DV will have a different perspective than those who are not, and, even then there will be variables. It is a very complex issue and there is no "one size fits all" answer as different people will require different thing. The main thing is that women, and children, are safe, and provided with the means to do so, ad given the support that they need. This costs money. It may seem feely touchy to you but in reality is a necessity.

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One of the problems of family violence is that those who have no knowledge of it do not understand it.  So the opinion of victims is far more valiable than that of others.  Another difficulty is that sometimes families and associates and organisations do not believe the victim.

A survey some time ago revealed that one in five people think that what goes on inside someone else's house is none of their business and that they would do nothing to help someone in trouble.

Another survey revealed that one in three teenaged boys think that it is acceptable to force themselves on girls who have "teased" them and then say no.

I have seen figures that one in three women has experienced at least one form of domestic abuse.

It is evident, even here, where I think most are compassionate, that the lack of knowledge allows this scourge to prosper.  Eg, some groups do not deserve the amount of allocated funding.  Very harsh.

It seems that the population generally accepts violence as a part of life.  The whole population needs education.

My opinion is that while funding must be applied to victims after the fact, funding should also be provided for prevention education.  Just as sex education starts with breastfeeding, imparting respect for others should start at the same time.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)   

[moonflyte]

Nobody is disagreeing with you and all the valid points you made but it's highly offensive to say that if you are not a victim then your point of view is not as valid as a victims.

It's like saying if you don't have children you can't empathise with the problems encountered.

Its a sort of discrimination and it's been practiced for decades.  

[polksaladallie]

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@djlukjilly wrote:

Nobody is disagreeing with you and all the valid points you made but it's highly offensive to say that if you are not a victim then your point of view is not as valid as a victims.

It's like saying if you don't have children you can't empathise with the problems encountered.

Its a sort of discrimination and it's been practiced for decades.  

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I did not say that.