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(g) this report finds that children affected by domestic and family violence ‘are often “invisible” in the ACT’s domestic and family violence system’, noting that this finding mirrors the experience of other jurisdictions, and is reflected in the prioritisation of children in the Fourth Action Plan for the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022;
(h) the DVPC is optimistic that improved results ‘could be accelerated across the ACT’, in part as a consequence of ‘work already underway’;
(i) the DVPC report recommends action in five priority areas;
(j) the ACT Government has welcomed the DVPC Extraordinary Meeting Report and has already begun responding to the first recommendation by committing $100 000 for the Coordinator General for Family Safety and the Children and Young People Commissioner to undertake consultation with children and young people to better understand their needs and provide insights to inform and improve responses for children and young people impacted by family violence;
(k) this report further finds that ‘the full extent and impacts of the problem are not yet clear, due to limitations in ACT approaches to identifying clients and capturing case data’;
(l) robust data are necessary to inform domestic and family violence strategies for children and young people, including by identifying ‘unmet need’;
(m) the DVPC therefore recommends ‘that the ACT Government improve on the ACT’s use of data to inform strategies for children and young people’;
(n) the DVPC report notes that the ACT has already agreed to the National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for family, domestic and sexual violence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is leading the development and staggered implementation of the framework, in partnership with all Australian governments. It is anticipated that the framework will be fully operationally nationally by 2022; and
(o) the DVPC report highlighted that there are several key initiatives currently being undertaken across government that will enhance existing domestic and family violence data. These initiatives will augment existing government infrastructure and resources to inform strategies for children and young people; and
(3) calls on the ACT Government to provide a considered whole-of-government response to the recommendations in the DVPC final report for cabinet consideration and report back to the Assembly on the Government response, and progress by the end of June 2019.”.
My amendment has acknowledged some of the additional detail about the work that the government has been doing since the first meeting in 2015. I have also made some
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