Thursday, 1 August 2024

Gendered violence

Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (10:42): A huge shout-out to Jasmine Adams of Wangaratta and Ash Ladgrove of Cobram, who were the chief organisers of the rally against domestic violence. I went to both rallies last weekend in Wangaratta on Saturday and in Cobram on Sunday morning. Both were well attended and were a fitting reminder that it is all of our responsibility to call out domestic violence and violence of any kind. It should not take a local murder to get people active, but I am so pleased that this national campaign has had strong attendance. In fact the Northern Territory government committed $180 million on the back of this campaign to help stamp out violence against women, and I encourage the Victorian government to increase the investment to stamp out this insidious and gutless behaviour.