LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day

Abigail passed a motion today in recognition of LBGTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day and the need for greater victim-survivor support.

(1) That this House notes that Saturday 28 May was LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day, a day that raises awareness for the need for increased support for LGBTQ victim-survivors of domestic violence and abuse, and the need for whole of society coordination to break down barriers to accessing help.

(2) That this House notes that according to the LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation:

(a) more than 50 per cent of LGBTQ people will experience domestic, family and intimate partner violence and abuse in their lifetime;

(b) LGBTQ victim-survivors remain largely invisible with incredibly low levels of reporting because of a range of reasons including fear of the police system, lack of accessible and affordable support systems, prejudice and social stigmas and a lack of support services that meet their specific needs; and

(c) a coordinated whole of society approach is needed to ensure victims and victim-survivors are seen, believed, supported and given hope, regardless of what their sexuality or gender identity is.

(3) That this House calls on the Government to support better outcomes for LGBTQ victims and victim-survivors, to break barriers to reporting abuse and accessing supports, and to work toward ending domestic violence for all people regardless of their sexuality or gender identity, through targeted awareness campaigns, education programs and increased funding for frontline support.

See the full transcript in Hansard here.

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NSW is missing out on tens of billions of dollars. By introducing a progressive coal royalty structure similar to the one in Queensland, we would have raised an extra $20 billion last year.

The NSW Government owns and controls, on behalf of the people of this state, the rights to the minerals and materials that naturally occur in NSW land.

Huge fossil fuel companies are only able to extract and sell these commodities with the consent of the State. It’s time they paid a fair price for that privilege.

The fossil fuel industry has made hundreds of billions of dollars out of their cosy relationship with governments. Granted permission to extract and sell coal, these large multinational fossil fuel corporations pay just over 7% in royalties back to the people of NSW – keeping the rest as mega-profits for themselves. These companies have a track record of taking more than their fair share and leaving communities suffering and stranded with poisoned groundwater, devastated landscapes and a stranded workforce when it suits their business models.

Globally, the hyper-inflation of fossil fuel prices driven by price-gouging opportunism and war profiteering from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered record windfall profits to these already obscenely wealthy corporations. In the last year, NSW coal exports totaled over $70 billion dollars, but the people of NSW will only see about 7 cents in every dollar, or about $6 billion dollars of that amount.

Rather than going toward schools, hospitals and public infrastructure, billions of dollars went into the pockets of multinational mining corporations. The Greens believe there should be more money for schools and hospitals and less for mining billionaires.

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