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Jacquie Petrusma,Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence

Eliminating family violence remains a top priority, which is why the Tasmanian and Australian Governments are pleased to announce additional funding for Tasmania’s family and sexual violence services under the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Partnership on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses 2021-23 (³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Partnership).

Under the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Partnership, Tasmania will receive $5.65 million over two years (2021-22 and 2022-23).

Under the first instalment of this new ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Partnership, $1.413 million is being provided for five important initiatives to address frontline service demand in Tasmania:

*Additional counselling for adults affected by family violence (Engender Equality);

* Additional counselling for children and young people affected by family violence (Australian Childhood Foundation);

*Additional transitional housing for people affected by family violence through the Rapid Rehousing Initiative;

*Additional funding for the Keeping Women Safe in their ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾s program, which provides security upgrades so women can remain safely in their home; and

*Funding to extend a pilot of the Family Violence Migration Service to support people on temporary visas affected by family violence (Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service).

The remaining ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Partnership funding will be released over the next 18 months, and we will continue to work closely with our community-based specialist services to respond to emerging issues and ensure support is available where it is most needed.

In addition, the Tasmanian Government will also be releasing our third family and sexual violence action plan in July 2022 which will build on our successes, and further refine and target our efforts to achieve our goal that every Tasmanian is able to live free from violence.