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Speaker 1: Now. As we know, domestic violence is a serious issue

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Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory, with incidents reported almost weekly. Just

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Speaker 1: yesterday we learned of a man allegedly assaulting a woman

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Speaker 1: in Stuart Park late on Friday night, with reports that

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Speaker 1: he was dragging her by her hair. Today, with hopes

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Speaker 1: to address the crisis, the Minister for Families and Social

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Speaker 1: Services and Minister for Women's Safety, Senator Ann Rusten, is

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Speaker 1: in Palmerston to announce additional funding for frontline domestic, family

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Speaker 1: and sexual violence services in the Northern Territory. She's also

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Speaker 1: here for an update on the Salvation Army Territory Domestic

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Speaker 1: Violence Crisis Accommodation Project and she joins me on the

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Speaker 1: line this morning. Minister, good morning, Good morning Katie. What

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Speaker 1: is included as part of the funding announcement this morning, Well, this.

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Speaker 2: Is part of our national partnership agreement with all the

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Speaker 2: states and territories, but we've made a particular allocation to

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Speaker 2: the Northern Territory to recognize the chronic rates of violence

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Speaker 2: that are people in the Northern Territory face. So what

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Speaker 2: we'd like to see happen with this money is making

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Speaker 2: sure that our frontline services have gotten the resources and

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Speaker 2: the training that they need. But we're also keen for

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Speaker 2: early intervention programs for young people so that violence doesn't escalate,

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Speaker 2: and also making sure that in our remote community that

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Speaker 2: the services are tailored to the needs of the women

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Speaker 2: in those communities. So very keen to make sure that

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Speaker 2: this money is spent in a number of different areas,

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Speaker 2: hopefully to drive down those terrible rates of violence that

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Speaker 2: you so often have to report on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we do so often. It's something that you know

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Speaker 1: that always really just makes you feel so upset when

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Speaker 1: you hear about these various situations. I mean, how well

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Speaker 1: do you think that funding like this will help to

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Speaker 1: address things like domestic violence as an issue, but also

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Speaker 1: in terms of getting ahead and being preventative rather than

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Speaker 1: dealing with the issue as it's happening.

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Speaker 2: Well, this money is directly provided to the Northern Territory

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Speaker 2: government for them to use with their frontline services. But

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Speaker 2: it's only a one part of the good investment that

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Speaker 2: we've made the one point one billion dollars that were

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Speaker 2: put down in last year's budget as a down payment

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Speaker 2: on the next national plan. Because you're absolutely right, it's

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Speaker 2: not just about dealing with the response. We actually have

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Speaker 2: to stop it happening in the first place, by making

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Speaker 2: sure we've got measures in place to start preventing it

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Speaker 2: from happening, early interventions so that we can stop violence

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Speaker 2: behaviors or abusing behaviors escalating, but also making sure that

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Speaker 2: when we've dealt with the immediate trauma, that there are

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Speaker 2: programs and processes to make sure that people going through

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Speaker 2: a journey of recovery, because unfortunately, domestic, family and sexual

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Speaker 2: violence often leads long term trauma damage to the individual

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Speaker 2: and we need to support them right the way through

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Speaker 2: their journey. So this is a big project and it's

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Speaker 2: going to take a lot of effort and a lot

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Speaker 2: of resources. And this is just one part of that program.

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Speaker 1: And Minister, do we have enough in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: right now? I mean, particularly when you look at at

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Speaker 1: that crisis accommodation and the various things that can be done,

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Speaker 1: can we reach that real pointy end.

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Speaker 2: Well, obviously we would be calling on the Northern Territory government.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the federal government has made very significant contributions,

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Speaker 2: whether it be the remote housing allocation of five hundred

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Speaker 2: and fifty million dollars over five years in whether it

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Speaker 2: be through this national Partnership agreement the Northern Territory share

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Speaker 2: of one point six billion dollars every year that goes

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Speaker 2: to support homelessness and social housing, as well as our

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Speaker 2: Safe Places program that we are directly investing in. But

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Speaker 2: we'd say to the Northern Territory government and a lot

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Speaker 2: of resources and a lot of money coming into the

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory to support particularly housing, and we'd be really

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Speaker 2: keen to make sure that they actually were delivering from

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Speaker 2: the commitment they made to get the money in the

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Speaker 2: first place.

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Speaker 1: Now, Minister, I know this morning that you are as

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Speaker 1: I understand it out. It's the Salvation Army Territory Domestic

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Speaker 1: Violence Crisis Accommodation Project. What exactly is this and how

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Speaker 1: does it work.

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Speaker 2: Well as part of our national Safe Places program, which

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Speaker 2: is a program to provide crisis accommodation for women who

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Speaker 2: are making that really brave decision to escape a violent

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Speaker 2: know that the most important thing is to give them

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Speaker 2: a roof over their head in a safe space to.

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Speaker 3: Gather their thoughts and to work out where they're going

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Speaker 3: to as they escape that violent situation. So we provided

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Speaker 3: four point three million dollars to the Salvation Army to

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Speaker 3: make available the development of accommodation for up to two

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Speaker 3: hundred women and their children every year in the Northern

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Speaker 3: Territory escaping violence. So going out to meet with the

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Speaker 3: Salvation Army to find out how they're going, because obviously

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Speaker 3: we want to make sure this accommodation is built appropriately

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Speaker 3: but as quickly as possible to support those women in

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Speaker 3: the Northern Territory who need this service.

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Speaker 1: Well, Minister for Families and Social Services as well as

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Speaker 1: Minister for Women's Safety and Rustin, we really appreciate your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. I know it's a very busy morning

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Speaker 1: and you are heading out there right now to meet

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Speaker 1: with them, so we are sciate you taking the time

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Speaker 1: to have a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for having me, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you