Tuesday, 10 September 2024

The Orange Door

Gayle TIERNEY (Western Victoria – Minister for Skills and TAFE, Minister for Regional Development) (13:45): I would like to acknowledge the incredible work that the Orange Door access point in Colac do to keep victims of family violence and their children safe. This service does definitely save lives. The Orange Door brings together practitioners from specialist family violence services, family services, Aboriginal services and perpetrator services to provide wraparound support and tackle the source of violence. Colac’s Orange Door is seeing almost 90 family violence cases a month; that is 12 per cent more than at this time last year. Minister Ward visited Orange Door Colac last week to thank and recognise the hardworking staff, and I join her in acknowledging their dedication to supporting those in need. The Allan Labor government is to be commended for its continued support for and investment in services that strengthen community safety and wellbeing.