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Mildura Weekly : Friday May 29 2015 Vol 9 No 29
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NEWS 03 FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 MILDURAWEEKLY.COM.AU FOUNDER of the world- wide White Ribbon movement, Canadian medic Michael Kauf- man, was pleasantly surprised that there were more men than woman at last week’s White Rib- bon forum in Sydney. Dr Kaufman told at- tendees, including Mil- dura Rural City Council- lor and White Ribbon ambassador Mark Eckel, that Australia was the only country in the world where this hap- pened. Cr Eckel made a few comments on his trip to Sydney during a brief re- port to last night’s coun- cil meeting. He said the experience had strength- ened his resolve to high- light domestic violence at every level of Govern- ment. “Dr Kaufman said he was proud of the ef- forts of White Ribbon Australia and the con- nection they have estab- lished with the commu- nity.” Cr Eckel said it was reported to the forum that the cost of domes- tic violence in Austra- lian was in the billions, with costs associated with hospitals, courts, women’s refuges, polic- ing, workplace harass- ment, race, unaccept- able sexual behaviour and other incidents. In NSW alone last year, police attended 130,000 incidences of domestic violence. There were 84 deaths last year, and 34 so far this year, with one woman hospitalised each hour. Dr Kaufman said the most shocking rev- elation to him was that our indigenous com- munity was 35 times more likely to be hospi- talised through domes- tic violence than other Australians. Cr Eckel said the main message he gained during the 11-hour fo- rum was that the vast majority of men were not violent, but silent. “What distinguishes a true leader is that they do something about it, no matter what you see happening in the com- munity,” he said. “We need a critical mass so that in 20, 30, 40 years from now the community at that time can look back at the sta- tistics of today, the inci- dence of violence and death against women, and say what a terrible time it was in our his- tory.” The fight against violence VICTORIA Police has moved to allay concerns that new anti- terrorism measures aimed at boosting members’ safety will put a significant dent in coun- try policing resources, saying it is an “interim policy” only. It was widely reported this month that an email was sent to Victoria Police members outlining a raft of anti-terror- ism measures, some of which it’s claimed will have a major impact on country areas. The Herald Sun reported that these measures include not allowing police officers to work alone at a station unless provided with an exemption after a risk assessment – there are two one-man stations in the Mallee, at Werrimull and Speed. Other measures include re- quiring two armed offices man station front counters unless there is a security screen, and ensuring at least two officers work on all patrols. It was reported that in re- gional areas, where officers work on their own more often, the new measures would “ef- fectively” halve police rosters. The Victoria Police Asso- ciation said while the changes would impact on resources, rostering and services offered across the State, they were needed to ensure members’ safety. A Victoria Police spokes- person said while an “interim safety policy” was sent to all officers outlining a range of measures to help keep them safe, they stressed that it was an interim policy only. “We made it clear that it was an interim policy and we were seeking their feedback in relation to impacts on them, service delivery, resourcing and, importantly, their safety,” the spokesperson said. “Already the feedback is in- dicating that there are resource implications, especially if there are unexpected absences from offices.” While conceding the new policy could impact on re- sources, the spokesperson in- dicated it could be up to local areas to manage situations in- volving unexpected absences. “In these circumstances, lo- cal management need to con- sider how to best continue to service the community, and that may mean that the station counter service is not available to the community if police need to leave the station ‘two- up’ to attend a job,” the spokes- person said. “We are continually striv- ing to strike a balance be- tween protecting the com- munity and member safety. “In this current climate, and given the high threat to our po- lice, we have to make changes and this will present some challenges for us given the size of our organisation, the com- plexities of service delivery and community expectations across Victoria.” Victoria Police said the in- terim policy would remain in place, and that a final policy was expected soon. New anti-terrorism police safety push MILDURA Rural City Council chief execu- tive Gerard José has warned that intro- ducing a cap on rates without a proper un- derstanding of each local government area’s financial sus- tainability could have serious consequences. In a report to Councillors ahead of last night’s monthly meeting, Mr José said without this detailed understanding, rate capping and the re- sulting decline in rev- enue could ultimately lead to cuts to spend- ing on essential infra- structure maintenance and renewal, as well as a possible reduction in services and com- munity facilities. The report stated that Mr José believed there still wasn’t enough evidence to support the introduc- tion of a rate cap, add- ing that such a cap would have a minimal impact on the cost of living, given rates comprise just 1.4 per- cent of the cost of liv- ing for Victorians. In the report to Council, Mr José said that before rate cap- ping is introduced, Local Government’s role needs to be de- fined and a framework established allocating functions and reve- nue-raising powers to support that role. The Victorian Gov- ernment intends to introduce rate capping in the 2015/2015 fi- nancial year. 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