Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_114
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
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Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 114
Character Range: 467158–469489

114       Innovative Wrap‑around Support in Domestic Violence Hotspots                                                                                         To support the provision of legal assistance and other forms of support, including financial support services, to women and children experiencing, or at risk of, domestic violence by providing funding for the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) the establishment of specialist domestic violence units within existing legal assistance services;
                                                                                                                                                               (b) the establishment of health justice partnerships to facilitate women and children presenting at selected health facilities to access assistance relating to domestic violence, including by:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) training health professionals to identify and respond to domestic violence; and
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) providing legal and other forms of support.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding or support by engaging in measures to meet Australia's international obligations, in particular obligations under:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (particularly Articles 2, 3, 5 and 16); or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) the Convention on the Rights of the Child (particularly Articles 4 and 19).