Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_199
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 199
Character Range: 655558–660610

199       Prevention of Domestic Violence                                                                                                                      To provide funding:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) to develop guides and resources to assist local communities to implement strategies to prevent domestic violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) to develop a framework for shared understanding and collaborative action in relation to preventing violence against Indigenous women and children; and
                                                                                                                                                               (c) for community‑led strategies to prevent domestic violence, particularly in culturally and linguistically diverse communities; and
                                                                                                                                                               (d) to develop educational resources to enable witnesses of violence against women and children to take safe and appropriate action; and
                                                                                                                                                               (e) to develop and disseminate information and advice to men who have become fathers for the first time about the importance of their involvement in the development and care of their child, including by positive role‑modelling; and
                                                                                                                                                               (f) for local projects aimed at supporting men who perpetrate, or are at risk of perpetrating, domestic violence in order to reduce the likelihood that they will perpetrate such violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (g) to develop resources to raise awareness of non‑physical forms of abuse and the misuse of power and control insofar as these behaviours can lead to domestic violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (h) for domestic violence prevention strategies focussing on education, employment and empowerment, particularly for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding for activities:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) in relation to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) with respect to the people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) in relation to aliens or immigrants; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) to meet Australia's obligations under:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (particularly Article 6(2)); and
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (particularly Article 7); and
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (particularly Articles 2, 3, 5(a) and 16); and
                                                                                                                                                               (iv) the Convention on the Rights of the Child (particularly Articles 4, 18 and 19).