Ms SPENCE (Yuroke) — I wish to raise a matter for the Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence. The action I seek is for the minister to meet with members of the Yuroke Youth Advisory Council and discuss the Andrews Labor government’s commitment to ending violence against women and children. This year my youth advisory council has decided to focus on the issue of violence, in particular through community‑based awareness campaigns. The council will be both running an awareness campaign and developing a report based on its work throughout the year. As the minister knows, violence, and in particular family violence, continues to be a significant issue in my electorate. In the Hume local government area, 6 out of every 10 instances of assault‑related offences in 2014 were related to family violence. Members of my youth advisory council will no doubt benefit greatly from hearing directly from the minister about actions taken to date by this government and what they can do to help. I hope the minister is able to join us for a meeting in the near future.

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