How Queenslanders shaped the strategy From 18 August 16 This feedback was achieved via General themes that emerged the Domestic and Family from the roundtables and online November 2015 the ‘End Violence’ website with an online survey included: government engaged with survey and option to upload the need for the general the community to seek submissions; a series of community to roundtables across the state with input and insights from all understand that service providers and community domestic and family Queenslanders on the leaders plus two additional violence consists of a draft strategy and its roundtables with Aboriginal and broad range of ability to realise the vision Torres Strait Islander women and behaviours, not just Aboriginal and Torres Strait of a Queensland free from physical abuse Islander men; and a series of questioning the use of domestic and family public information hubs in key the terms victim, survivor violence. centres across the state. and perpetrator This vision was recommended by calling for a greater focus outcomes of the the Special Taskforce on on perpetrators through community collaboration process Domestic and Family Violence in tougher domestic and showed there was broad support the report Not Now, Not Ever: family violence laws and for the vision and purpose of the Putting an End to Domestic and provision of services to strategy. Family Violence in Queensland. assist perpetrators to There was also broad reform endorsement of the three Feedback from service sector the need for educational foundational elements—i.e. providers, community leaders initiatives from an early community attitudes and and the general public was age available in all behaviours; integrating service achieved through a variety of educational settings responses; and strengthening methods. ensuring the strategy is justice system responses. About 1300 individuals provided inclusive of all genders feedback on the draft strategy.
How Queenslanders shaped the strategy From 18 August 16 November 2015 the government engaged with the community to seek input and insights from all Queenslanders on the draft strategy and its ability to realise the vision of a Queensland free from domestic and family violence. This vision was recommended by the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in the report Not Now, Not Ever: Putting an End to Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland. Feedback from service sector providers, community leaders and the general public was achieved through a variety of methods. About 1300 individuals provided feedback on the draft strategy. This feedback was achieved via the ‘End Domestic and Family Violence’ website with an online survey and option to upload submissions; a series of roundtables across the state with service providers and community leaders plus two additional roundtables with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men; and a series of public information hubs in key centres across the state. outcomes of the community collaboration process showed there was broad support for the vision and purpose of the strategy. There was also broad endorsement of the three foundational elements—i.e. community attitudes and behaviours; integrating service responses; and strengthening justice system responses. General themes that emerged from the roundtables and online survey included: the need for the general community to understand that domestic and family violence consists of a broad range of behaviours, not just physical abuse questioning the use of the terms victim, survivor and perpetrator calling for a greater focus on perpetrators through tougher domestic and family violence laws and provision of services to assist perpetrators to reform the need for educational initiatives from an early age available in all educational settings ensuring the strategy is inclusive of all genders
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