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It is at the discretion of the person/s involved as to whether they provide this information to police.

(l) assault victims (women) in the context of domestic/family violence against women and;

(m) assault victims (men) in the context of domestic/family violence against men.

* Includes all age groups

SOURCE: Table 20 Victims of assault, Relationship of offender to victim by sex and age at report, Selected states and territories(a)(b), 2014–2020; Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Ginninderra electorate—public art
(Question No 790)

Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for the Arts, upon notice, on 6 May 2022 (redirected to the Minister for Transport and City Services):

(1) How many public spaces, such as graffiti walls, in the Ginninderra electorate area are available for artists to place art on.

(2) Can business owners who lease commercial space from the Government request for public art to be placed on their exterior, public facing walls.

(3) What scope is there for artists to request permission from the Government to place art on public infrastructure such as odour control units and underpasses.

(4) What criteria does art have to meet to be placed on the public art list.

(5) Are there any murals in the Ginninderra electorate area on the public art list.

Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) There are currently 30 legal graffiti practice sites across Canberra of which eight sites are located in the Ginninderra Electorate.

(2) Yes. However, this is subject to approval by ACT Property Group on a case-by-case basis for any buildings they own. An applicant should contact the asset owner to discuss.

(3) An applicant should contact the asset owner to discuss. For assets owned by Transport Canberra and City Services there is a link on the City Services website where community groups can nominate a wall to be painted.

(4) The ACT Government’s Public Art Collection is managed by artsACT and comprises 117 artworks. Most of the artworks in the collection are sculptures located in city and town centres. For public artworks to be included in the ACT Government’s collection,

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