DOMESTIC AND FAMILY The guidelines encourage legal practitioners to keep their VIOLENCE BEST PRACTICE knowledge of domestic and family violence up to date and includes GUIDELINES contact details for useful services. In response to Queensland Legal profession Recommendation 107 in the LOCATION INTEREST GROUP Not Now, Not Ever report, the Queensland Law Society has developed best practice guidelines for lawyers working with people who have experienced domestic and family violence. How will we deliver action? Governments and the play in addressing domestic and will be needed, particularly for family violence. community have come a Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and To complement its own long way in addressing commitment and effort, the linguistically diverse domestic and family Queensland Government is communities. violence. There have been calling on individuals and Domestic and family violence has great improvements in communities, businesses, devastating impacts for those raising awareness, industry groups, faiths and all directly involved. However, the refining responses and frontline service providers, to be impact extends well beyond the part of the solution and to lead focusing more on victim, with the financial and the charge using their profiles, human costs being shouldered by prevention. Yet, despite the Queensland economy. The influence and numbers to help this tireless action, ethical and human as well as the reduce the incidence of domestic Queenslanders continue economic imperatives to act are and family violence in our to be unsafe in their great. community. For these reasons, each and homes. every Queenslander has a role to New and different approaches COMMUNITY INITIATIVE LOGAN FOOTBALL CLUBS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Ten Logan based football clubs have agreed to make all senior players who sign on to play next year undertake a domestic violence education and prevention course. The two-hour Anti-Domestic Violence Program is a joint initiative by Minister Fentiman, Beenleigh PCYC, Logan City Council, businessman Michael Rose and the clubs. The course will be provided by Beenleigh and Logan PCYC’s and the Queensland Police Service. Some of the clubs involved include Beenleigh Junior Rugby League, South East Suns AFL, Beenleigh Buffaloes AFL, Beenleigh Pride Senior Rugby League and the Eagleby Giants Rugby League. Football players LOCATION INTEREST GROUP Action plans
DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES In response to Recommendation 107 in the Not Now, Not Ever report, the Queensland Law Society has developed best practice guidelines for lawyers working with people who have experienced domestic and family violence. The guidelines encourage legal practitioners to keep their knowledge of domestic and family violence up to date and includes contact details for useful services. Queensland Legal profession LOCATION INTEREST GROUP How will we deliver action? Governments and the community have come a long way in addressing domestic and family violence. There have been great improvements in raising awareness, refining responses and focusing more on prevention. Yet, despite this tireless action, Queenslanders continue to be unsafe in their homes. New and different approaches will be needed, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Domestic and family violence has devastating impacts for those directly involved. However, the impact extends well beyond the victim, with the financial and human costs being shouldered by the Queensland economy. The ethical and human as well as the economic imperatives to act are great. For these reasons, each and every Queenslander has a role to play in addressing domestic and family violence. To complement its own commitment and effort, the Queensland Government is calling on individuals and communities, businesses, industry groups, faiths and all frontline service providers, to be part of the solution and to lead the charge using their profiles, influence and numbers to help reduce the incidence of domestic and family violence in our community. COMMUNITY INITIATIVE LOGAN FOOTBALL CLUBS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Ten Logan based football clubs have agreed to make all senior players who sign on to play next year undertake a domestic violence education and prevention course. The two-hour Anti-Domestic Violence Program is a joint initiative by Minister Fentiman, Beenleigh PCYC, Logan City Council, businessman Michael Rose and the clubs. The course will be provided by Beenleigh and Logan PCYC’s and the Queensland Police Service. Some of the clubs involved include Beenleigh Junior Rugby League, South East Suns AFL, Beenleigh Buffaloes AFL, Beenleigh Pride Senior Rugby League and the Eagleby Giants Rugby League. Football players LOCATION INTEREST GROUP Action plans
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