Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On 24 August, I visited the Mannering Park CWA. It was a very interesting morning. From this visit, we decided we would hold a domestic violence forum in Mannering Park. We are doing this on the 25th of this month, and we are going to have Xylia Ingham from the Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre, Nicole Harvey from Coast Shelter's Elandra Women and Children's Service, and Jillian Hogan from San Remo Neighbourhood Centre. We will be speaking at it, and David Harris, the shadow minister for the Central Coast, will be attending along with Pat Conroy—because Morisset CWA is joining with Mannering Park CWA to co-host this.

This is a recognition by the CWA and the communities of Mannering Park and the Central Coast that domestic violence is a big issue. September is the month where CWA concentrate on domestic violence. I congratulate them on being very involved in such an important social issue. Each and every day we hear of women being killed because of domestic violence and children's lives being affected by it as well, so I encourage people to come along and get involved in the forum on 25 September.