and the actions that the Government will take in response to that report;
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develop in consultation with civil society an agreed definition of sexual and
family violence and an appropriate minimum data set of indicators;
ensure that one of the outcomes of work of the Ministerial Group on Family and
Violence and Sexual Violence is a process to co-ordinate and monitor all
interventions to reduce violence and to ensure that they are adjusted and
extended as required on the basis of robust empirical evidence; and
take legislative and regulatory measures as appropriate to ensure that workplace
policies support employees who are experiencing family violence
consider inclusion of strategies for business to support employees who are
exposed to family or sexual violence.
Drawing on the IPCA report the Commission recommends that the Committee urges
the Government to commit to:
reviewing Police practice and policy to ensure that appropriate emphasis is
placed on prevention;
ensuring that adequate instruction and guidance about the application of section
128 and 134 of the Crimes Act 1961 is provided to the Police Child Protection
Team; and
addressing the 34 IPCA recommendations within a specific timeframe and report
back to the Committee within 18 months on progress.
The Commission recommends that the Committee urges the Government to
consider whether the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and other legislations provides
sufficient protection for disabled people in community care situations and if it
doesn’t commit to amending it so as to apply; and
commit to tracking violence/domestic violence against people with disabilities
and educate the public as to the disability/violence nexus.
The Commission recommends that the Committee urge the Government to commit
to a programme of work over the next reporting period to:
improve the understanding around informed consent and the rights of
children and their parent(s), and ensuring that parents and competent young
people are made aware of the differing views about medical or surgical
interventions before making any decisions;
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