The One in Three Campaign has lodged its submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW (Inquiry).

To summarise the main points in the submission:

• The existence of male victims and female perpetrators needs to be acknowledged by government legislation, policy and programs.
• The provision of perpetrator programs needs to be statewide. Community health counselling services are the logical provider.
• The psychosocial counselling needs of perpetrators must be met. This is rarely the case in groups based on the Duluth model.
• We would recommend the use of GPS bracelets only in such (rare) cases where the evidentiary basis for an ADVO is sufficient.
• Domestic and family violence policy needs to recognise all victims and perpetrators, including children, carers and extended family members.
• Gender-profiling of offenders and victims in legislation must be removed.
• The assistance and accountability of police services needs to be improved.
• The NSW Health domestic violence screening tool should be expanded to include men as well as women.

You can read the full submission here (PDF).