Policy dealing with domestic violence launched by agency

THE National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency will today launch an independent national framework for reforming how cases are dealt with because of the Government’s failure to make the necessary changes.

Agency director Don Hennessy said since the establishment of the Cosc office last year, which handles the Government’s response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, there has been no appetite in the cabinet to pursue the difficult reforms required.

“We are launching this framework and making it available to people and services around the country because we are not seeing the Government actually acting on anything.