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Speaker 1: Something that the three of us were chatting about on
Speaker 1: our way here of the weekend was the New South
Speaker 1: Wales Police domestic violence blitz that occurred over the weekend.
Speaker 1: It's been operating for the last couple of days, but
Speaker 1: there were almost six hundred domestic violence offenders arrested in
Speaker 1: New South Wales.
Speaker 2: Isn't it crazy?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Six hundred people.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Operation Emmerock. So it's over now. But overall there
Speaker 1: was over one thousand charges.
Speaker 2: Laid some really alarming statistics. It's incredible that this has
Speaker 2: happened and that there has been this blitz. But for
Speaker 2: those of you who don't know, one in four women
Speaker 2: will experience intimate partner violence and one woman per week
Speaker 2: is murdered within Australia because of domestic violence and that
Speaker 2: is absolutely harrowing. But it also makes you question why
Speaker 2: is there a blitz that happens and it's not something
Speaker 2: that is more like managed as these cases are rising,
Speaker 2: why do they wait to do a six hundred, one
Speaker 2: thousand people blitz.
Speaker 1: Should be on the issue.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we have Nicole Edwards on the line.
Speaker 2: She's the CEO of domestic violence charity called Rise Up.
Speaker 1: Nicole, thanks for jumping on today.
Speaker 3: Hello, Hello, Thank you very much for having me. Why
Speaker 3: are we seeing a blitz like this happen in the
Speaker 3: way it has. You know, there's obviously a lot that
Speaker 3: always goes on behind the scenes. And what's really important
Speaker 3: that we must keep our eyes on here is that
Speaker 3: these arrests are sending a really important message that violence
Speaker 3: against women will not be tolerated in our society. I
Speaker 3: think for far too long we haven't been seeing those messages.
Speaker 3: So I want to applaud this blitz and it's excellent.
Speaker 3: You know, when we're looking at six hundred domestic and
Speaker 3: family violence offenders in the big scheme of things, you
Speaker 3: mentioned those statistics which are absolutely harrowing. It is a
Speaker 3: start these very very violent offenders. And what we also
Speaker 3: mustn't forget here is that where you have very violent offenders,
Speaker 3: you do have really vulnerable women and children in the
Speaker 3: mix here. And you know, we are seeing a bit
Speaker 3: of a shifting focus on that high risk team model
Speaker 3: to more of a high risk offender unit, and this
Speaker 3: is really an excellent mechanism to making sure that we're
Speaker 3: keeping the spotlight on offenders. We want to make sure
Speaker 3: that these offenders are locked away.
Speaker 2: How underreported is domestic violence within Australia.
Speaker 3: In Queensland there are over one hundred thousand recorded incidents
Speaker 3: of domestic and family violence. That's Queensland, right, So you know,
Speaker 3: when you're looking at that amount, it's still better than nothing, right,
Speaker 3: So I want to absolutely commend that, But I also
Speaker 3: want to say, you know, when we're looking at offenders
Speaker 3: like this, the six hundred offenders in the work that
Speaker 3: we do, and we're working really closely with high risk services,
Speaker 3: what we hear a lot of is that there is
Speaker 3: a recorded history and a pattern of behavior by these
Speaker 3: violent offenders and they are having multiple victims as well, okay,
Speaker 3: over the years, and so we often hear that when
Speaker 3: I'm working with high risk teams, you know, they talk
Speaker 3: about the fact that gosh, you know, they'll be working
Speaker 3: with a woman and they've worked with you know, several
Speaker 3: previous partners of this same individual. But because of privacy.
Speaker 3: Obviously you can't disclose that. So you know, it's really
Speaker 3: important as well that we're keeping our eyes on what's
Speaker 3: happening here because I think you know, in the in
Speaker 3: the vast ocean, there are incredible men in our society.
Speaker 3: And what we do want to talk to here is
Speaker 3: making sure that what role do we all play, Let's
Speaker 3: not put all the emphasis on police and law. What
Speaker 3: role do we all play as society members in driving
Speaker 3: an end to domestic and family's isoland What can.
Speaker 2: We do to help our loved ones in these sort
Speaker 2: of situation.
Speaker 3: Yea, there's a lot of things that you can do.
Speaker 3: First and foremost, what's really important is that you believe them.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, you also don't walk away, so you make
Speaker 3: sure that you make it commitment there to stand side
Speaker 3: by side no matter what's happening. What we have to
Speaker 3: remember is that women are the very best at keeping
Speaker 3: themselves safe. We never want to replicate perpetrator behavior by
Speaker 3: telling them what they need to be doing, or how
Speaker 3: they need to be doing or when they need to
Speaker 3: be doing it. Okay, so we're standing in this space
Speaker 3: of non judgment and just being super supportive because what
Speaker 3: perpetrators tend to do and PUVS persons using violence is
Speaker 3: they really try and socially isolate their victims. So we
Speaker 3: want to commit that we won't be you know, we
Speaker 3: won't allow that to happen. So we're going to stay
Speaker 3: in the scene, stay in the picture, keeping eyes on
Speaker 3: this family. There are so many incredible services out there
Speaker 3: people who might be listening to this today and this
Speaker 3: might be something that they are experiencing. I really want
Speaker 3: to say that you're not alone. There are incredible services
Speaker 3: here to support you, and this doesn't have to be
Speaker 3: how your story ends. You know. The other thing is
Speaker 3: what's really important is to make sure that you know
Speaker 3: calling out sexist behavior and challenging behaviors that you're an
Speaker 3: attitude call them out, especially the incredible men listening here today.
Speaker 3: You know, it's really important. If you don't want to
Speaker 3: challenge it there on the spot, make sure that you
Speaker 3: walk away and you make sure that your absence is felt.
Speaker 1: Yeah, as you know, a man listening to this show,
Speaker 1: there are moments where you feel you should say something
Speaker 1: and you don't, And I've been in this situation. Then
Speaker 1: you go home and you go, I wish I had
Speaker 1: said something.
Speaker 3: I so much for all the amazing work you're doing,
Speaker 3: and thank you for jumping on today. You really are
Speaker 3: doing incredible things as a community.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you.
Speaker 3: Thank you for us spreading awareness.
Speaker 1: Anytime of course listen. If you're experiencing domestic and family violence,
Speaker 1: you can find info about support services by contacting one
Speaker 1: hundred respect that's one at hundred seven three seven seven
Speaker 1: three too. I think just confiding in a friend too.
Speaker 1: Sometimes the numbers can be scary, right.
Speaker 3: One person even, and just let one person know and
Speaker 3: go from there
Speaker 1: All right, Well back after this on the pickup