community. Engage with community justice groups in each community to build local authority structures. Subject to the results of the independent Department of Justice 6,7 96, 97, 98, evaluation of the Southport specialist domestic and Attorney-General 100 and family violence court the Queensland Government will invest in the specialist domestic and family violence court program prioritising high needs locations. The evaluation will inform government on best practice elements for the specialist domestic and family violence court approach. We will undertake work on how to achieve a specialist approach for rural and remote areas. Advice from the Law Council of Australia Department of Justice 7 111 regarding a national approach to extending the and Attorney-General safeguards applying to victims of sexual assault to alleged victims of domestic and family violence, will be considered, and if not supported, relevant Queensland bodies will be asked to consider this reform. Refine further relevant policies and guidelines Queensland Police 6,7 113 in accordance with the revised Queensland Service Language Services Guidelines to strengthen engagement of interpreters in domestic and family violence occurrences. Continue to identify opportunities to Department of Justice 7 116 streamline systems for engagement of and Attorney-General interpreters for civil domestic and family violence court proceedings. Consider strategies to increase perpetrators’ Department of Justice 6 122 participation in intervention programs as part and Attorney-General of the development of integrated service response pilots. Conduct research on options to monitor Department of Justice 6 123 perpetrators of domestic and family and Attorney-General violence. Continue to fund non-government Department of 7 124 organisations to provide court based assistance Communities, Child and support. Safety and Disability Services
community. Engage with community justice groups in each community to build local authority structures. Subject to the results of the independent evaluation of the Southport specialist domestic and family violence court the Queensland Government will invest in the specialist domestic and family violence court program prioritising high needs locations. The evaluation will inform government on best practice elements for the specialist domestic and family violence court approach. We will undertake work on how to achieve a specialist approach for rural and remote areas. Department of Justice and Attorney-General 6,7 96, 97, 98, 100 Advice from the Law Council of Australia regarding a national approach to extending the safeguards applying to victims of sexual assault to alleged victims of domestic and family violence, will be considered, and if not supported, relevant Queensland bodies will be asked to consider this reform. Department of Justice and Attorney-General 7 111 Refine further relevant policies and guidelines in accordance with the revised Queensland Language Services Guidelines to strengthen engagement of interpreters in domestic and family violence occurrences. Queensland Police Service 6,7 113 Continue to identify opportunities to streamline systems for engagement of interpreters for civil domestic and family violence court proceedings. Department of Justice and Attorney-General 7 116 Consider strategies to increase perpetrators’ participation in intervention programs as part of the development of integrated service response pilots. Department of Justice and Attorney-General 6 122 Conduct research on options to monitor perpetrators of domestic and family violence. Department of Justice and Attorney-General 6 123 Continue to fund non-government organisations to provide court based assistance and support. Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services 7 124
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